Crying: The Natural and Cultural History of TearsIn 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. |
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User Review - RajivC - LibraryThingI picked up this book from the library, and approached it with a lot of hope. However, while I enjoyed the many examples of tears that have littered the books of history, there was not too much about ... Read full review
Review: Crying: A Natural and Cultural History of Tears
User Review - Amanda Witt - GoodreadsA very interesting book on the history of crying in different cultures and across generations. Also features differences between babies/children/men/women. And how actors 'turn' on the waterworks for specific scenes. Read full review
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| Title | Crying: The Natural and Cultural History of Tears |
| Author | Tom Lutz |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | W.W. Norton, 2001 |
| ISBN | 0393321037, 9780393321036 |
| Length | 352 pages |
| Subjects | › Psychology / Emotions Social Science / General |
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