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Invention of Hysteria

Charcot and the Photographic Iconography of the Salpêtrière

Invention of Hysteria( )
Author: Didi-Huberman, Georges
Charcot, J. M.
Translator: Hartz, Alisa
ISBN:978-0-262-04215-4
Publication Date:Jul 2003
Publisher:MIT Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $106.00
Book Description:

In this classic of French cultural studies, Georges Didi-Huberman traces the intimate and reciprocal relationship between the disciplines of psychiatry and photography in the late nineteenth century. Focusing on the immense photographic output of the Salpetriere hospital, the notorious Parisian asylum for insane and incurable women, Didi-Huberman shows the crucial role played by photography in the invention of the category of hysteria. Under the direction of the medical teacher and...
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Book Details
Pages:336
Detailed Subjects: Psychology / Psychopathology / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):18.4 x 25.8 x 2.785 cm
Book Weight:1.04 Kilograms



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