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We seem to be living in hysterical times. A simple Google search reveals the sheer bottomless well of “hysterical” discussions on diverse topics such as the
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-07-15 - Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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The nineteenth-century study of hysteria at the Salpêtrière hospital was a medical project, but also a theatrical one. The hysteric's public appearance was a
The Hysteric
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Examining historical, clinical and artistic material, in both written and visual form, this book traces the figure of the contemporary hysteric as she rebels ag
Performing Emotions
Language: en
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Authors: Peta Tait
Categories: Literary Criticism
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In Performing Emotions, Peta Tait's central argument is that performing emotions in realism is also performing gender identity. Emotions are phenomena that are
Hysterical Methodologies in the Arts
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Hysteria is alive and well in our present time and is apparently spreading contagiously: especially the second decade of the twenty-first century has displayed