| Description |
x, 244 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Hysterical Hot Zone -- 2. Defining Hysteria --3. The History of Hysteria: The Great Doctors -- 4. Politics, Patients, and Feminism -- 5. Hysterical Men -- 6. Hysterical Narratives -- 7. Hysteria and the Histrionic -- 8. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome -- 9. Gulf War Syndrome -- 10. Recovered Memory -- 11. Multiple Personality Syndrome -- 12. Satanic Ritual Abuse --13. Alien Abduction -- 14. The Crucible |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Paperback reprint (with a new preface) has subtitle: Hysterical epidemics and modern media |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-231) and index |
| Subject |
Hysteria (Social psychology)
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Hysteria, Epidemic.
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Popular culture.
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Hysteria.
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| Genre/Form |
Popular Work.
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| LC no. |
96044108 |
| ISBN |
0231104588 (acid-free paper) |
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0231104596 (paperback) |
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