Fits and Starts : a Genealogy of Hysteria in Modern France /

Hysteria has generated a vivid popular mythology as well as a vast scientific literature over its long history. In this spirited book, Martha Noel Evans sheds new light on the significance of hysteria both as an actual psychological disorder and as a cultural statement about gender. Drawing on medic...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Evans, Martha (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Hysteria > France > History.
Women > Mental health > France > History.
Hystérie > France > Histoire.
Femmes > Santé mentale > France > Histoire.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
Hysteria
Women > Mental health
France
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Charcot and the Heyday of Hysteria
  • 2. Reaction: Psychological Theories and the Dismemberment of Hysteria
  • 3. Between Wars: New Rifts and Splits
  • 4. After the Second War: Reconstruction and Self-Analysis
  • 5. '68 and After: Mainstream Views of Hysteria
  • 6. Lacan and the Hystericization of Psychoanalysis
  • 7. Feminist Critiques: The Hysteric as Heroine
  • 8. Plus ça change ... : Another Fin de Siècle
  • References
  • Index

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