Performing nerves : four plays, four essays, on hysteria /

"Academic interest in hysteria has burgeoned in recent decades. The topic has been probed by feminist theorists, cultural studies specialists, literary scholars, anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists, medical and art historians as well as novelists. The hysteric is construed as a powerle...

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Main Author: Furse, Anna (Author)
Other Authors: Showlater, Elaine (writer of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2020.
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