| Crying: The Natural and Cultural History of Tears Contributor(s): Lutz, Tom (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393321037 ISBN-13: 9780393321036 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2001 Annotation: In this provocative study, the author looks at the ways people have understood weeping from the earliest known representations of tears in the 14th century B.C. to the tears found in today's films. Drawing on art, literature, and modern medical journals, Lutz unearths the multiple meanings and uses of tears. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Emotions - Psychology | Personality |
| Dewey: 152.4 |
| LCCN: 99021295 |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.99 lbs) 356 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lutz, Tom: - 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. |