Jungle Fever: Exploring Madness and Medicine in Twentieth-Century Tropical Narratives

by Charlotte Rogers

Book Overview

The sinister jungle--that ill-defined and amorphous place where civilization has no foothold and survival is always in doubt--is the terrifying setting for countless works of the imagination. Films like Apocalypse Now, television shows like Lost, and of course stories like Heart of Darkness all pursue the essential question of why the unknown world terrifies adventurer and spectator alike. In Jungle Fever, Charlotte Rogers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082651832X
• ISBN13: 9780826518323
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 9.8"