Hystories: Hysterical Epidemics and Modern Culture by Elaine Showalter
Hystories: Hysterical Epidemics and Modern Culture

Elaine Showalter

Hystories: Hysterical Epidemics and Modern Culture

Elaine Showalter

244 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Filled with fascinating new perspectives on a culture saturated with syndromes of every sort, "Hystories" skillfully surveys the condition of hysteria--its causes, cures, famous patients, and doctors--in the 20th century to show that hysterias are...

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