Hystories: Hysterical Epidemics and Modern Culture

By (author): "Elaine Showalter"
Genres:Nonfiction books  Science books  History books  Medicine books  Feminism books  Psychology books  20th Century books  Cultural books  Gender books  Psychoanalysis books  
Publish Date: January 1st 1997
Hystories: Hysterical Epidemics and Modern Culture
ISBN0330346709
ISBN139780330346702
AsinHystories: Hysterical Epidemics and Modern Culture
Original titleHystories
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.