Hysterical men
Subtitle: the hidden history of male nervous illness
By: Mark S. Micale.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780674031661
Subjects: Hysteria -- History; Men -- Mental health -- History; Hysteria -- history; Gender Identity; History, Modern 1601-; Men -- psychology
Description: Over the course of several centuries, Western masculinity has successfully established itself as the voice of reason, knowledge, and sanity - the basis for patriarchal rule - in the face of massive testimony to the contrary. This text boldly challenges this triumphant vision of the stable and secure male.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Hysterick women and hypochondriack men; title: The great Victorian eclipse; title: Charcot and la grande hystérie masculine; title: Male hysteria at the fin de siècle; title: Freud and the origins of psychoanalysis.