Robert E. Bartholomew

Broschiertes Buch

Little Green Men, Meowing Nuns and Head-Hunting Panics

A Study of Mass Psychogenic Illness and Social Delusion

Beschreibung

Beginning with a history of mass hysteria and social delusions, this work differentiates between the two and investigates mass hysteria in closed settings such as work and school, and mass hysteria in communities with incidents such as gassings, Pokemon illnesses in Japan and medieval dance.

Autor

Robert E. Bartholomew has taught sociology in Australia at The Flinders University of South Australia and James Cook University in Queensland. A former broadcast journalist and contributor to news organizations such as the Associated Press and United Press International, he currently teaches at Botany College in Auckland, New Zealand.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Mai 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 402g
• ISBN-13: 9780786409976
• ISBN-10: 0786409975
• Artikelnr.: 22128119