Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Read scream chilling adventures in the science of fear by margee kerr available from rakuten kobo. Why coronavirus makes you want to watch contagion gq. Margee kerr sociologist who studies fear margeekerr. Haunt is a portrait of our culture and the study of fear as entertainment in commerical haunted houses. Margee kerr, a sociologist and author of the book scream. Michael kerr is a superb author, one that readers go in knowing the book is going to keep them up all night with his riveting read. Margee kerr is a sociologist who studies what happens to our brains when things go bump in the night, whether its in a movie theater or in a haunted house.
I was at the book expo america, the biggest book expo in north america, signing advanced copies of my book not the final thing, but you can pre order here. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Roller coasters, haunted houses, heights, abandoned prisons, ghosts well, maybe, even death she confronts them with the relentlessness of a zombie terminator. Margee kerr sociologist who studies fear haunted houses. Chilling adventures in the science of fear, says its natural to want to watch movies about something youre afraid of. 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. Chilling adventures in the science of fear by margee kerr. The sociologists book offers a whole lot more about how an author can. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. She challenges herself to travel the world experiencing the wide range of how fear can present itself from physical thrills to haunted locales to the notsofun reality of living in high crime areas. Kerrs commitment to this investigation had me from the moment i.
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Margee kerr sociologist who studies fear interviews. Margee kerr has a phd in sociology from the university of pittsburgh, where she. She mixes enough selfawareness and insight with her tales of fright to make the book campfireworthy. Chilling adventures in the science of fear, is by far the best and most informative book i have read this year.
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