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Hysteria: The disturbing history
Andrew Scull
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Description for Hysteria: The disturbing history
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 240 pages, 18 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: MBX; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 19. Weight in Grams: 184.
The nineteenth century seems to have been full of hysterical women - or so they were diagnosed. Where are they now? The very disease no longer exists. In this fascinating account, Andrew Scull tells the story of Hysteria - an illness that disappeared not through medical endeavour, but through growing understanding and cultural change. More generally, it raises the question of how diseases are framed, and how conceptions of a disease change through history. The lurid history of hysteria makes fascinating reading. Charcot's clinics showed off flamboyantly 'hysterical' patients taking on sexualized poses, and among the visiting professionals ... Read more
The nineteenth century seems to have been full of hysterical women - or so they were diagnosed. Where are they now? The very disease no longer exists. In this fascinating account, Andrew Scull tells the story of Hysteria - an illness that disappeared not through medical endeavour, but through growing understanding and cultural change. More generally, it raises the question of how diseases are framed, and how conceptions of a disease change through history. The lurid history of hysteria makes fascinating reading. Charcot's clinics showed off flamboyantly 'hysterical' patients taking on sexualized poses, and among the visiting professionals ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199692989
SKU
V9780199692989
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About Andrew Scull
Andrew Scull has held faculty positions at the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, and the University of California, where he is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Science Studies. He is a past president of the Society for the Social History of Medicine, and has held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the American Council of Learned Societies. He is the author ... Read more
Reviews for Hysteria: The disturbing history
Review from previous edition Elegantly constructed book...Skull is otherwise exemplary on the whole historical curve.
George Rousseau, TLS
The stories they tell are often fascinating and alarming - pitched somewhere between farce, genius, horror and a lab report.
The Scotsman
These four 'biographies' of diseases go far beyond questions of biology or medical practice; they talk ... Read more
George Rousseau, TLS
The stories they tell are often fascinating and alarming - pitched somewhere between farce, genius, horror and a lab report.
The Scotsman
These four 'biographies' of diseases go far beyond questions of biology or medical practice; they talk ... Read more