Psychotropedia: A Guide to Publications on the Periphery - Softcover

Kick, Russ

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1900486032 ISBN 13: 9781900486033

Publisher: Critical Vision (an imprint of Headpress), 1998

Synopsis

PSYCHOTROPEDIA is the follow-up to Russ Kick s acclaimed book Outposts. A massive survey of publications that exist outside the mainstream, PSYCHOTROPEDIA provides 576 pages of detailed reviews (and ordering information) for a breath-taking cross-section of books, zines, catalogues, and other media.

About this title

Learn about the skills no one wants you to have: beating lie detectors, hacking cellular phones, growing magic mushrooms, and giving yourself oral sex.

Get the inside stories on the Oklahoma City Bombing, SM, sex work, cockfights, the Men in Black, breast implants, body modification, marijuana, Mother Teresa, Heaven s Gate, offshore money havens, suicide, free energy, juror nullification, bestiality, enemas, secrets of famous magicians, and suppressed treatments for cancer & AIDS.

Discover the work of taboo-shattering artists and writers, including Andres Serrano, Richard Kern, Annie Sprinkle, David Hamilton, Joel-Peter Witkin, Negativland, Diamanda Galas, Hakim Bey, Mike Diana, David Britton, and Elissa Wald.

Unearth the scary facts about vaccines and fluoride, and learn what it s like to be a real-life vampire.

PSYCHOTROPEDIA covers these and hundreds of other touchy and unorthodox topics. More importantly, it tells you exactly how you can find out more for yourself.

Edition details

• Publisher: Critical Vision (an imprint of Headpress)
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1900486032
• ISBN 13: 9781900486033
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 576