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A Cultural History of Vertigo
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Description
Balanced. Stable. Grounded. Levelheaded. Even-keeled. There is a long list of words that demonstrate how we attach extraordinary value to a metaphorical sense of balance. From Alfred Hitchcock's cinema, to Salvador Dalí's art, to the writings of Virginia Woolf and Elizabeth Bishop - authors and artists have repeatedly used their work to invoke vertigo, or the loss of balance, as a metaphor for trauma, disorientation, even existential crisis. But what about those of us who have to live with a vertigo that is all-too real? Based on more than thirty in-depth interviews with people who live with balance disorders, this book explores the connections between vertigo-as-metaphor and vertigo-as-lived experience.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
248
Release Date:
2025-12-11
Publication Date:
2025-12-11
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
1350523518
ISBN13:
9781350523517
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Weight:
540 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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