Hystories

Hysterical Epidemics and Modern Culture

AvElaine Showalter

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

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Beskrivning

Showalter explores the integral components of hysteria and identifies the disorder as being more universal than it is stereotypically known. Instead of the assumption that hysteria largely roots from the Victorian sexual repression and is commonly a female disorder, Showalter recognises parallels with other contemporary forms of illness, demonstrating its universality.‘This is a brave book, not only because it dares to question feminist orthodoxies, but also because it reminds us that feminism’s purpose is the investigation of truth, not the perpetuation of blame’ Erica Jong, author of Fear of Flying

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-12-05
Mått:156 x 234 x 15 mm
Vikt:404 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:293
Förlag:Pan Macmillan
ISBN:9781447261452

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Psykologi: känslor inom Psykologi och pedagogik
Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Elaine Showalter is an American literary critic, feminist and writer. She is the author of a number of works including Toward a Feminist Poetics (1979), The Female Malady: Women, Madness and English Culture (1985) and Inventing Herself: Claiming a Feminist Intellectual Heritage (2001). Showalter has achieved a Guggenheim Fellowship (1977-78) and a Rockefeller Humanities Fellowship (1981-82) and was chair of the judges for the Man Booker International Prize (2007).

Recensioner i media

'Hystories is an exhilarating book which lobs politically incorrect cocktails in all directions . . . it is important and impressive in opening up a debate and reminding us of the psychological relevance of history' Jackie Wullschlager, Financial Times