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Book SynopsisThis fascinating and timely book examines the distressing psychological syndrome of 'cabin fever' in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and the greatest confinement of people to their homes in history, offering antidotes for it. Exploring the definitions and social and cultural history of cabin fever, a condition provoked by prolonged isolation, the book will be of interest to anyone concerned about the impact of current or any future pandemic lockdowns, prison life, remote living, or even travelling to Mars.
Trade Review‘Reading this book pulled me out of the particulars of my lockdown woes and gave me a much deeper cultural and historical frame for our current predicaments. I left buoyed, alive, and clear that we are not alone. We have been in difficult situations like this before, and Cabin Fever shows us how we can navigate them not only with the resources of science, but, also, and refreshingly, with the arts, humanities, and just plain good writing.’ -- Bradley Lewis
In this pithy and masterful book, the Crawfords reveal how the isolation we’ve faced through the covid pandemic sits within a tradition of confinement that human beings have endured for centuries. Their colourful examples describe how humans have faced cabin fever across a panoply of social and historical contexts and, in so doing, they open our minds to the wide range of attitudes we can take towards it. As Cabin Fever reveals the commonalities in how people have experienced confinement across history, we find ourselves in the company of the whole of humankind.
-- Amy Pollard, Founder and Director of Mental Health Collective
In a short but illuminating book, Crawford and Crawford offer an engaging, impressively researched and highly accessible treatise on [...] cabin fever.
-- Tom Douglass * Sociology of Health & Illness *
Table of ContentsChapter 1. The Greatest Confinement Chapter 2. A Brief History of Cabin Fever Chapter 3. Cabin Fever Cases Chapter 4. Antidotes to Cabin Fever Chapter 5. Conclusion
