Bibliograph

Hysteria, the biography, Andrew Scull

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Hysteria, the biography, Andrew Scull

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hysteria

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

421361513

Responsibility statement

Andrew Scull

Series statement

Biographies of disease

Sub title

the biography

Summary

The story of hysteria is a curious one, for it persists as an illness for centuries before disappearing. Andrew Scull gives a fascinating account of this socially constructed disease that came to be strongly associated with women, showing the shifts in social, cultural, and medical perceptions through history

Table Of Contents

Prologue : suffocation of the mother -- Mysteria -- Neurologie -- An English malady? -- Reflexly mad -- American nervousness -- A hysterical circus -- Freudian hysterics -- The wounds of war -- L'hystérie morte?

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