{"product_id":"jungle-fever-charlotte-rogers-9780826518323","title":"Jungle Fever: Exploring Madness and Medicine in Twentieth-Century Tropical Narratives","description":"The sinister \"jungle\"--that ill-defined and amorphous place where civilization has no foothold and survival is always in doubt--is the terrifying setting for countless works of the imagination. Films like \u003ci\u003eApocalypse Now, \u003c\/i\u003e television shows like \u003ci\u003eLost, \u003c\/i\u003e and of course stories like \u003ci\u003eHeart of Darkness \u003c\/i\u003eall pursue the essential question of why the unknown world terrifies adventurer and spectator alike. In \u003ci\u003eJungle Fever\u003c\/i\u003e, Charlotte Rogers goes deep into five books that first defined the jungle as a violent and maddening place. The reader finds urban explorers venturing into the wilderness, encountering and living among the \"native\" inhabitants, and eventually losing their minds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe canonical works of authors such as Joseph Conrad, Andre Malraux, Jose Eustasio Rivera, and others present jungles and wildernesses as fundamentally corrupting and dangerous. Rogers explores how the methods these authors use to communicate the physical and psychological maladies that afflict their characters evolved symbiotically with modern medicine. While the wilderness challenges Conrad's and Malraux's European travelers to question their civility and mental stability, Latin American authors such as Alejo Carpentier deftly turn pseudoscientific theories into their greatest asset, as their characters transform madness into an essential creative spark. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUltimately, \u003ci\u003eJungle Fever\u003c\/i\u003e suggests that the greatest horror of the jungle is the unknown regions of the character's own mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charlotte Rogers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 082651832X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826518323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vanderbilt University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.80h x 7.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Charlotte Rogers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44829321003263,"sku":"9780826518323","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_68421c83-242b-4922-ac21-099c1b9617bf.jpg?v=1708450462","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jungle-fever-charlotte-rogers-9780826518323","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}