Books by Nancy Scheper-Hughes
Found 2 books
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Mentions on MR
Saints, scholars, and schizophrenics
*Saints, Scholars, and Schizophrenics*
(2023-11-23)
The author of this excellent book is Nancy Scheper-Hughes, and the subtitle is Mental Illness in Rural Ireland . One of the most interesting themes of this book is how life in rural Ireland became so “de-eroticized,” to use her word. Here is one bit:
Death Without Weeping
I have my pick: Nancy Scheper Hughes’s 1992 study Death Without Weeping: The Violence of Everyday Life in Brazil .
Observations about Rio
(2010-11-28)
6. One of my favorite non-fiction books is Nancy Scheper-Hughes , Death Without Weeping: The Violence of Everyday Life in Brazil , highly recommended.