HYSTORIES by Elaine Showalter ( 9781447261452 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

HYSTORIES
HYSTERICAL EPIDEMICS AND MODERN CULTURE

By:

Elaine Showalter

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

1447261453

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9781447261452

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Publisher:

PAN MACMILLAN

Pub. date:

5 December, 2013

Pages:

293

Description:

Showalter re-draws the picture of mental illness with clearer lines and as something which is closer to home than some would care to admit.

Synopsis:

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

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Picador

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