| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 236 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Looking without seeing -- The hysteric as scapegoat -- Hysterical discourse -- Hysteria in/as performance -- Hysterical strategies in contemporary performance |
| Summary |
"The nineteenth-century study of hysteria at the Salpêtrière hospital was a medical project, but also a theatrical one. The hysteric's public appearance was a continual ethical provocation, pointing not only to the vulnerability of her person but to the unstable position of her spectator. Hysteria in Performance sets out to uncover what kind of performance the hysterical attack is, as well as the nature of hysteria in and as performance as it occurred at Salpêtrière. The Salpêtrière documents undeniably show the gravity of the institutional violence committed against its female patients. Using the lenses of performance studies and performance theory, Jenn Cole expresses the overt and subtle damages done to hysterical women in Jean-Martin Charcot's hospital, drawing attention to the hysteric's resistance to these experiences: it is often simply by being herself that the hysteric points to the inherent weaknesses in these systemic modes of violence. In Hysteria in Performance, the hysteric becomes a figure who represents possibilities for ethical encounters within performance and everyday living. Revealing the fraught and exciting nature of theatrical representation, and continually drawing out the dilemmas and unexpected dynamics of witnessing the suffering of others, this groundbreaking study explores how Charcot's findings on hysteria produced a unique mixture of theatre and science that has unexpected things to teach."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 24, 2021) |
| Subject |
Charcot, J. M. (Jean Martin), 1825-1893.
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Charcot, J. M. (Jean Martin), 1825-1893 |
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Charcot, J. M. (Jean Martin), 1825-1893 |
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Salpêtrière (Hospital) -- History -- 19th century
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Salpêtrière (Hospital) |
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Salpêtrière (Hospital) |
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Hysteria -- France -- History -- 19th century
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Theater -- Psychological aspects
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Theater -- Philosophy.
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Women -- Mental health -- France -- History -- 19th century
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Women -- Institutional care -- France -- History -- 19th century
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Hysteria -- history
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PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General
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Hysteria
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Theater -- Philosophy
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Theater -- Psychological aspects
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Women -- Institutional care
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Women -- Mental health
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Women.
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Gender identity.
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Gender.
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France |
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France
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0228007208 |
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9780228007203 |
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