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Hystories : Hysterical Epidemics and Modern Media by Showalter, Elaine is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>This provocative and illuminating book charts the persistence of a cultural phenomenon. Tales of alien abduction, chronic fatigue syndrome, Gulf War syndrome, and the resurgence of repressed memories in psychotherapy are just a few of the signs that we live in an age of hysterical epidemics.</p> <p>As Elaine Showalter demonstrates, the triumphs of the therapeutic society have not been able to prevent the appearance of hysterical disorders, imaginary illnesses, rumor panics, and pseudomemories that mark the end of the millenium.</p> <p>Like the witch-hunts of the 1690s and the hypnotic cures of the 1980s, the hysterical syndromes of the 1990s reflect the fears and anxieties of a culture on the edge of change. Showalter highlights the full range of contemporary syndromes and draws connections to earlier times and settings, showing that hysterias mutate and are renamed; under the right circumstances, everyone is susceptible.</p> <p>Today, hysterical epidemics are not spread by viruses or vapors but by stories, narratives Showalter calls <b>hystories</b> that are created "in the interaction of troubled patients and sympathetic therapists... circulated through self-help books, articl
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- Author
- Showalter, Elaine
- Publisher
- New York: Columbia University Press ; London: Picador
- Published
- 1997
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780231104586
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Medical, History, Science
- Rating
- 3.74 / 5 (116 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13