Hysteria: The Disturbing History

Description

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; 1. Mysteria; 2. Neurologie; 3. An English malady?; 4. Reflexly mad; 5. American Nervousness; 6. A hysterical circus; 7. Freudian hysterics; 8. The wounds of war; 9. L'hysterie morte?; Further reading

Stock Information

General Fields

• ISBN : 9780199692989
• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• Imprint : Oxford University Press
• Publication date : October 2011
• Dimensions : 195mm X 142mm X 19mm
• Produced in : United Kingdom
• Availability date : January 2012
• Product Type : books

Special Fields

• Illustrations : 18 black and white halftones
• Pages : 240
• Dewey classification : 616.8524
• Bind : Paperback
• Author : Andrew Scull