Nathan J. Timpano is Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Miami.

"I cannot begin to do justice to this book in this brief review. As a lay reader interested in gender, sexuality, and the history of the body, I approached the book with great curiosity and I was not disappointed."-- German Studies Review "Alongside all of the quickly and superficially produced publications on Viennese modernism, Timpano's book pleasantly stands out - as a very serious study written with a highly scientific ethos."-- Journal of Art Historiography"Timpano writes with confidence and authority on art history…[his] perspective on some of the better known developments in twentieth-century European puppetry will be of interest to readers."-- Puppetry International

• List of Illustrations List of Plates AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: A Conundrum of the Viennese Modern Body 1 “The Semblance of Things”: Re-Visioning Viennese Expressionism2 “The Woman Emerges”: Medical Vision and the Spectacle of Hysteria 3 Performing Hysteria: A Vogue for Hystero-Theatrical Gestures 4 A Tale of Three Hysterics: Elektra, Isolde, and Salome 5 The Inanimate Body Speaks: The Language of the Marionette Theater 6 Pathological Puppets: The Body and the Marionette in Viennese Expressionism