Sociophobics
Subtitle: the anthropology of fear
By: edited by David L. Scruton.
Contributors: Scruton, David L., 1928-
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Boulder
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
Subjects: Fear.; Fear -- Social aspects.; Fear -- Cross-cultural studies.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 185-194.
Table of contents: title: The anthropology of an emotion / David L. Scruton; title: Measurement in research on sociophobics / William H. Key; title: Sociophobic data and the cross-cultural perspective / Enya P. Flores-Meiser; title: Foci of fear in two African societies / Colby R. Hatfield, Jr.; title: The production and management of fear in urban contexts / DeWight R. Middleton; title: Ethnographic fieldwork and the worlds of the phobic / Molly G. Schuchat and Marcella G. Walder; title: Toward an apprehension of fear / David Parkin.