Hystories

Hystories
Author: Elaine Showalter
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1997
Genre: Hysteria
ISBN: 9780231104593


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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 always with us, a kind of collective coping mechanism for changing times.


Hystories
Language: en
Pages: 268
Authors: Elaine Showalter
Categories: Hysteria
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997 - Publisher: Columbia University Press

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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 caus
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Traumatic experiences and their consequences are often the core of life stories told by survivors of violence. In Trauma: Life Stories of Survivors leading acad
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Authors: With Graham Dawson
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Language: en
Pages: 223
Authors: Anne Rothe
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-09-15 - Publisher: Rutgers University Press

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