Theater of disorder : patients, doctors, and the construction of illness / Brant Wenegrat.
Theater of disorder : patients, doctors, and the construction of illness / Brant Wenegrat.
Theater of disorder : patients, doctors, and the construction of illness / Brant Wenegrat.
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Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Date
2001.
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N610.696/44
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English
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Physical content
vi, 292 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. The Theater of Disorder -- 2. Basic Research and Observations -- 3. Anthropological and Historical Studies -- 4. Playing the Hypnotic Game -- 5. Hysteria and Hysteria-like Disorders -- 6. Multiple Personality Disorder -- 7. Recovered Memory Roles -- 8. Self-Knowledge, the Unconscious, and the Fut...
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Publisher
Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
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England
Date Published
2001.
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Summary
"In recent years, many Americans have claimed to have multiple personalities or recovered memories, or to have been abused by satanists or extraterrestrials. At the same time, disorders like chronic fatigue syndrome and "total allergy syndrome" have been on the increase. This book places these claims and supposed disorders in the framework of "cult...
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Theater of disorder : patients, doctors, and the construction of illness / Brant Wenegrat.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N610.696/44
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0195140877 (alk. paper)
9780195140873 (alk. paper)
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610.696
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991015249329702626
