Hysteria : the biography / / Andrew Scull

• Autore: Scull Andrew T
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource ( 223 p.) : ill
• Disciplina: 616.85/24
• Soggetto topico: Hysteria - History; Psychiatry - History
• Note generali: Includes index.; Formerly CIP.; Previously issued in print: 2009.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Prologue : suffocation of the mother -- Mysteria -- Neurologie -- An English malady? -- Reflexly mad -- American nervousness -- A hysterical circus -- Freudian hysterics -- The wounds of war -- L'hystérie morte?
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Hysteria
• ISBN: 1-383-04603-4; 0-19-162333-4; 1-282-38320-5; 9786612383205; 0-19-157180-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825770303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Biographies of disease (Oxford, England)