Crying : the natural and cultural history of tears / Tom Lutz.

New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [1999], ©1999.

352 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-337) and index.

Why tears? -- Tears of pleasure, tears of grace, and the weeping hero -- The crying body -- The psychology of tears -- Men and women, infants and children -- Cultures of mourning -- Tears of revenge, seduction, escape, and empathy -- Fictional tears -- The end of tears.