Description: The first interdisciplinary history of vertigo, this book covers medical accounts from antiquity to the present, testimonies of lived experience, and literary and cultural representations of vertigo.
Brief description: Anindya Raychaudhuri is Senior Lecturer at the University of St Andrews, UK.
Review Quotes:
"This book offers a fresh and compelling take on the cultural history of vertigo. Engagingly written, it is an effortless, informative read." --Haejoo Kim, Assistant Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, Seoul National University.
"There is so little work on vertigo that attends seriously to its cultural impact. This book will resonate not just with scholars but many folks living with this condition who will feel seen by the intimate and rigorous ways it explores our vertiginous cultural imaginary." --Travis Chi Wing Lau, Assistant Professor of English, Kenyon College, USA.