Crying: The Natural and Cultural History of Tears: A Natural and Cultural History of Tears

Author: Tom LutzPaperback:Publisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN 10: 0393321037ISBN 13: 978-0393321036Hardcover:Publisher: W W Norton & Co IncISBN 10: 0393047563ISBN 13: 978-0393047561"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 Review Highly readable. . . . A fascinating and thoughtful book. -- Merle Rubin, Los Angeles Times[A] fascinating, multi-disciplinary study of tears. -- Publishers Weekly, starred review