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Avi Brisman reviews Hysteria: Crime, Media, and Politics by Marc Schuilenburg (translated by Vivian D Glass)
Avi Brisman
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The Phototextual Emergence of Hysteria: From the Iconographie Photographique de la Salpêtrière to J. M. Coetzee's Slow Man [PDF]
This article seeks to examine the emergence of the image of hysteria that originated at the Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris in the late nineteenth century and has since been transferred across new generations of phototexts through ekphrasis.
Iona Gilburt
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From hysteria to conversion: A case of stuttering
Introduction Conversion Disorder is a condition defined by the sudden appearance of neurologic symptoms without an identifiable organic cause, often thought to be associated with psychological triggers.
R. Silva +3 more
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For more information on this video, see the interview Brianne Cohen conducted with Lucy Skaer of Henry VIII's Wives in this issue of Contemporaneity.
Henry VIII's Wives .
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Aberrant behavior and cognitive ability in preschool children [PDF]
The sample included 712 preschool boys and girls at the age of 4 to 7 years (mean 5.96 decimal years and standard deviation .96) from preschool institutions in Novi Sad, Sombor, Sremska Mitrovica and Bačka Palanka. Information concerning 36 indicators of
Bala Gustav +2 more
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Helene Cixous’s Portrait of Dora: Dora’s Double and the Dramatic Form
A certain element of precariousness is present in Freud’s text of the case study of Dora. Like other late nineteenth century works, this piece of writing which Freud calls a ‘case history’, is enclosed within the context of a ‘movement’ (the ...
Anupama Ayyalasomayajula
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Hysteria: A historical perspective
The concept of hysteria has evolved through the ages from the ancient civilizations to the modern era. It has been variously attributed to a wandering uterus by the Greeks, demonic possession, witchcraft, bad humors, and inadequate sexual satisfaction by
Siddharth A Shetty +3 more
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