Crying Shame: Metaculture, Modernity, and the Exaggerated Death of Lament

by James M. Wilce

Building on ethnographic fieldwork and extensive historical evidence, Crying Shame analyzes lament across thousands of years and nearly every continent. Explores the enduring power of lament:... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405169923
• ISBN13: 9781405169929
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"