Mad men and Medusas : reclaiming hysteria / Juliet Mitchell.

  • Mitchell, Juliet, 1940-
Date:
[2000], ©2000
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

New York : Basic Books, [2000], ©2000.

Physical description

xiii, 380 pages ; 23 cm

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Contents

Hysteria -- Sigmund Freud: a fragment of a case of hysteria in a male -- Dora: a fragment of a case of hysteria in a female -- Where has all the hysteria gone? -- Sexuality, death, and reproduction -- From hysteria to motherhood -- Emptiness and possession -- The hysterical lie -- Trauma -- Hysteria: from catastrophe to trauma.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-363) and index.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    PUU /MIT
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ISBN

  • 0465046134