Hystories - Hysterical Epidemics and Modern Culture

Zusatztext 'This is a brave book! not only because it dares to question feminist orthodoxies! but also because it reminds us that feminism's purpose is the investigation of truth! not the perpetuation of blame' Erica Jong Informationen zum Autor Elaine Showalter recently retired from the post of chair of the department of English at Princeton. For many years she has been one of the foremost feminist academics and critics in the United States. She is a frequent contributor to the New York Times Book Review , the TLS , the Guardian and the London Review of Books , and writes an occasional television column for People magazine. She is the author of a number of books on feminism and women’s writing. Klappentext Showalter re-draws the picture of mental illness with clearer lines and as something which is closer to home than some would care to admit.Showalter re-draws the picture of mental illness with clearer lines and as something which is closer to home than some would care to admit. Zusammenfassung Showalter re-draws the picture of mental illness with clearer lines and as something which is closer to home than some would care to admit.

Product details

• Authors: Elaine Showalter
• Publisher: Picador Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.12.2013
• EAN: 9781447261452
• ISBN: 978-1-4472-6145-2
• No. of pages: 293
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 235 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Gift books, albums, perpetual calendars, postcard booklets; Guides > Health; PSYCHOLOGY / Emotions, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HEALTH & FITNESS / Women's Health, Psychology: emotions, Women’s health, Gender studies, gender groups, Gender studies: women and girls