Crying: The Natural and Cultural History of Tears
Lutz, Tom
ISBN 10: 0393321037 ISBN 13: 9780393321036
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2001
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"Highly readable. . . . A fascinating and thoughtful book." --Merle Rubin, Los Angeles Times In this wide-ranging and provocative study, Tom Lutz looks at the ways people have understood weeping from the earliest known representations of tears in the fourteenth century B.C. to the tears found in today's films. Drawing on works of literature, philosophy, art, and science from the writings of Plato and Darwin to the paintings of Picasso to modern medical journals, he unearths the multiple meanings and uses of tears. Illustrated
About the Author: Tom Lutz lives in Los Angeles and Iowa City, where he teaches at the University of Iowa. He is the author of American Nervousness, 1903: A History of Nervous Illness at the Turn of the Century.
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Title: Crying: The Natural and Cultural History of ...
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair
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