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Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2011
ISBN 10: 0393025608ISBN 13: 9780393025606
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.05.
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Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, London, 2012
ISBN 10: 1408822350ISBN 13: 9781408822357
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A groundbreaking new book about the misogynistic nineteenth century obsession with hysteria, focusing on the renowned Salpetriere Hospital in Paris. 'Fascinating and beautifully written' Guardian 'Fascinating . gives us a disturbing insight into the extent to which doctors, patients and diseases, both then and now, are products of their time' Sunday Times In 1862 the Salpetriere Hospital in Paris became the epicenter of the study of hysteria, the mysterious illness then thought to affect half of all women. There, prominent neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot's contentious methods caused furore within the church and divided the medical community. Treatments included hypnosis, piercing and the evocation of demons and, despite the controversy they caused, the experiments became a fascinating and fashionable public spectacle. Medical Muses tells the stories of the women institutionalised in the Salpetriere. Theirs is a tale of science and ideology, medicine and the occult, of hypnotism, sadism, love and theatre. Combining hospital records, municipal archives, memoirs and letters, Medical Muses sheds new light on a crucial moment in psychiatric history. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Zone Books (edition First Edition), 1998
ISBN 10: 1890951072ISBN 13: 9781890951078
Seller: BooksRun, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported.
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Published by W.W. Norton and Company, New York, 2011
ISBN 10: 0393025608ISBN 13: 9780393025606
Seller: Underground Books, ABAA, Carrollton, GA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Stated First Edition. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Stated First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2". x, 372pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Tan paper over boards with spine backed in red and lettered in gilt. Top edge of front board is gently bumped. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. Includes 40 black-and-white illustrations. ABOUT THIS BOOK: A fascinating study of three young female hysterics who shaped our early notions of psychology. Blanche, Augustine, and Genevieve found themselves in the hysteria ward of the Salpetriere 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 Genevieve? 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.(Publisher).
Published by Bloomsbury UK, 2011
ISBN 10: 0747576335ISBN 13: 9780747576334
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Rizzoli International Publications, 1990
ISBN 10: 0847811433ISBN 13: 9780847811434
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Ivory cloth-effect boards, lettered in black. As issued. Color illus. dust jacket shows a few minor hints of shelf wear, virtually as issued, now in mylar. 1st ptg. 128 pp., 132 illus. including 108 color. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.
Published by Zone Books, 2008
ISBN 10: 1890951137ISBN 13: 9781890951139
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
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Published by W. W. Norton, New York, 2011
ISBN 10: 0393025608ISBN 13: 9780393025606
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. How was Hysteria different in the 19th Century than the 20th Century. What can we learn about the "notions of femininity " in these two periods of time. 372 pages, notes, bibliography, and index.
Hardcover. Condition: Near-Fine. Presumed 1st. Pub by Zone Books, 2001, presumed 1st ed. Near-Fine cond. hardcover w/ Near-Fine art-pict dj. Black cloth over bds w/ bright gilt lettering on spine. Black eps. 505 pp. Book is square, straight, tight & clean, overall Near-Fine cond. Please email any questions.
Published by Zone Books, New York, 1998
Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. 12mo. 1088 pp. Softcover, pictorial wraps, fine condition. (86822).
Published by Zone Books, 1998
ISBN 10: 1890951064ISBN 13: 9781890951061
Seller: Defunct Books, Nashville, TN, U.S.A.
Book
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. No dustjacket. Cloth boards have edge wear, minor scratches, minor scuffs, rubbed corners/spine. No writing.