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The Knotted Subject

Hysteria and Its Discontents

The Knotted Subject( )
Author: Bronfen, Elisabeth
Series title:Princeton Legacy Library
ISBN:978-0-691-01230-8
Publication Date:Jul 1998
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $27.95
Book Description:

Surrealist writer André Breton praised hysteria for being the greatest poetic discovery of the nineteenth century, but many physicians have since viewed it as the "wastebasket of medicine," a psychosomatic state that defies attempts at definition and cure and that can be easily mistaken for other pathological conditions. In light of a resurgence of critical interest in hysteria, leading feminist scholar Elisabeth Bronfen reinvestigates medical writings and cultural performance to...
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Book Details
Pages:472
Detailed Subjects: Psychology / Psychopathology / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 1.17 Inches
Book Weight:1.5 Pounds



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