Scream by Margee Kerr
The in-house sociologist at a nationally renowned haunted house explores the experience of fear - what causes it, and why we seek it out.
"Visceral.. Entertaining...The encouraging message is that we should... feel the fear and do it anyway." --Wall Street Journal "Margee Kerr is a fear junkie. Roller coasters, haunted houses, heights, abandoned prisons, ghosts (well, maybe), even death -- she confronts them with the relentlessness of a zombie Terminator. ... [She] mixes enough self-awareness and insight with her tales of fright to make the book campfire-worthy. Scream may not haunt you outright, but it stays with you, mainly by showing how the scariest place in the world is inside your own head." --Washington Post "While describing her experiences, Kerr insightfully reviews the physical effects of feeling fear... For people who wonder why they like to be scared, these experiments offer some clues. For those afraid of being afraid, Kerr's own enthusiasm gives them reasons to try it." --Publishers Weekly "Kerr takes readers on a journey on which they will experience the world's most frightening and terrifying places firsthand... As Kerr explores places that make people tremble, she shares her personal dread on each of these destinations, which makes the book even more captivating... While complete with scientific information, this well-written, fascinating book is accessible to the general public." --Library Journal
Margee Kerr has a Ph.D. in Sociology sociology from the University of Pittsburgh, where she currently teaches. She is also a nationally recognized expert on professional haunted houses and works year-round for the ScareHouse haunted house, analyzing data on customers and employees to make its attractions scarier. Her work has been featured in the Washington Post, Parade, Atlantic Monthly, and NPR's Science Friday, among other places. She is also is the coinvestigator on the country's first-of-its-kind study measuring fear in the real world, collecting data on how the brain and body responds in real-life threatening situations. She lives in Pittsburgh.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781610394826 |
| ISBN 10 | 1610394828 |
| Title | Scream |
| Author | Margee Kerr |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | PublicAffairs,U.S. |
| Year published | 2015-09-29 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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