Hysterical Men : : The Hidden History of Male Nervous Illness / / Mark S MICALE.
Over the course of several centuries, Western masculinity has successfully established itself as the voice of reason, knowledge, and sanity - he basis for patriarchal rule - in the face of massive testimony to the contrary. This book boldly challenges this triumphant vision of the stable and secure...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009] ©2008 |
Year of Publication: | 2009 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Usage -- PROLOGUE Hysteria: The Male Malady -- CHAPTER 1. Hysterick Women and Hypochondriack Men -- CHAPTER 2. The Great Victorian Eclipse -- CHAPTER 3. Charcot and La Grande Hystérie Masculine -- CHAPTER 4. Male Hysteria at the Fin de Siècle -- CHAPTER 5. Freud and the Origins of Psychoanalysis -- CONCLUSION. Men and the Fictions of Medicine -- Notes -- Index |
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Summary: | Over the course of several centuries, Western masculinity has successfully established itself as the voice of reason, knowledge, and sanity - he basis for patriarchal rule - in the face of massive testimony to the contrary. This book boldly challenges this triumphant vision of the stable and secure male by examining the central role played by modern science and medicine in constructing and sustaining it. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674040984 9783110442205 9783110459517 9783110662566 |
DOI: | 10.4159/9780674040984 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Mark S MICALE. |