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The geography of madness : penis thieves, voodoo death, and the search for the meaning of the world's strangest syndromes

The geography of madness : penis thieves, voodoo death, and the search for the meaning of the world's strangest syndromes

Book 2016

"Jon Ronson meets David Grann in this fascinating, wildly entertaining adventure and travel story about how culture can make us go totally insane The Geography of Madness is an investigation of "culture-bound" syndromes, which are far stranger than they sound. Why is it, for example, that some men believe, against all reason, that vandals stole their penises, even though they're in good physical shape? In The Geography of Madness, acclaimed maga...