Hysteria complicated by ecstasy the case of Nanette Leroux

Hysteria Complicated by Ecstasy offers a rare window into the inner life of a person ordinarily inaccessible to historians: a semiliterate peasant girl who lived almost two centuries ago, in the aftermath of the French Revolution. Eighteen-year-old Nanette Leroux fell ill in 1822 with a variety of i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Goldstein, Jan, 1946- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press [2010]
Edición:Course Book
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Part One. HYSTERIA COMPLICATED BY ECSTASY
  • Chapter 1. PRELIMINARIES
  • Chapter 2. CONTEXTS
  • Chapter 3. MAKING SENSE OF THE CASE
  • Chapter 4. TEXTUAL MATTERS
  • Part Two. THE TEXT OF THE CASE HISTORY
  • Observations of Nanette Leroux: Hysteria Complicated by Ecstasy
  • Appendix. On the Compatibility of Foucauldian and Freudian Approaches
  • Notes
  • Index