Hysterical men : the hidden history of male nervous illness / Mark S. Micale.
Hysterical men : the hidden history of male nervous illness / Mark S. Micale.
Hysterical men : the hidden history of male nervous illness / Mark S. Micale.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2008.
Date
2008.
Call Numbers
N616.8524/7
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xiv, 366 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents
Hysterick women and hypochondriack men -- The great Victorian eclipse -- Charcot and La grande hystérie masculine -- Male hysteria at the fin de siècle -- Freud and the origins of psychoanalysis.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2008.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2008.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Hysteria--history
- Gender Identity
- History, Modern 1601-
- Men--psychology
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Summary
"Over the Course of Several Centuries, Western masculinity has successfully established itself as the voice of reason, knowledge, and sanity - the basis for patriarchal rule - in the face of massive testimony to the contrary. Hysterical Men boldly challenges this triumphant vision of the stable and secure male by examining the central role played b...
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Hysterical men : the hidden history of male nervous illness / Mark S. Micale.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-347) and index.
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N616.8524/7
Record Identifier
74VM03WedMJd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM03WedMJd
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ISBN
0674031660 (hbk.)
9780674031661 (hbk.)
DDC
616.85240081
MMS ID
991001739139702626
