Hystories: Hysterical Epidemics and Modern CultureColumbia University Press, 1997 - 244 pages Filled with fascinating new perspectives on a culture saturated with syndromes of every sort, Hystories skillfully surveys the condition of hysteria--its causes, cures, famous patients, and doctors--in the 20th century to show that hysterias are always with us, a kind of collective coping mechanism for changing times. |