Medical Muses
Hysteria in Nineteenth-Century Paris
Seiten
2011
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-0-393-02560-6 (ISBN)
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-0-393-02560-6 (ISBN)
A fascinating study of three young female hysterics
who shaped our early notions of psychology.
Blanche, Augustine, and Geneviève found themselves in the hysteria ward of the Salpetrière Hospital in 1870s Paris, where their care was directed by the prominent neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot. They became medical celebrities: every week, eager crowds arrived at the hospital to observe their symptoms; they were photographed, sculpted, painted, and transformed into characters in novels. The remarkable story of their lives as patients in the clinic is a strange amalgam of intimate details and public exposure, science and religion, medicine and the occult, hypnotism, love, and theater.
But who were Blanche, Augustine, and Geneviève? What role did they play in their own peculiar form of stardom? And what exactly were they suffering from? Hysteria—with its dramatic seizures, hallucinations, and reenactments of past traumas—may be an illness of the past, but the notions of femininity that lie behind it offer insights into disorders of the present.
who shaped our early notions of psychology.
Blanche, Augustine, and Geneviève found themselves in the hysteria ward of the Salpetrière Hospital in 1870s Paris, where their care was directed by the prominent neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot. They became medical celebrities: every week, eager crowds arrived at the hospital to observe their symptoms; they were photographed, sculpted, painted, and transformed into characters in novels. The remarkable story of their lives as patients in the clinic is a strange amalgam of intimate details and public exposure, science and religion, medicine and the occult, hypnotism, love, and theater.
But who were Blanche, Augustine, and Geneviève? What role did they play in their own peculiar form of stardom? And what exactly were they suffering from? Hysteria—with its dramatic seizures, hallucinations, and reenactments of past traumas—may be an illness of the past, but the notions of femininity that lie behind it offer insights into disorders of the present.
Asti Hustvedt received her PhD in French literature from New York University. She has worked as an editor and translator, and lives in New York City with her family.
| Zusatzinfo | 40 black-and-white illustrations |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 147 x 218 mm |
| Gewicht | 627 g |
| Themenwelt | Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher |
| ISBN-10 | 0-393-02560-8 / 0393025608 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-393-02560-6 / 9780393025606 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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