Pub Date: March 2, 1998
Dewey: 616.8524
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.57" H x 8.86" L x 6.00" W ( 0.74 lbs) 224 pages
BISAC Categories:
Social Science | Sociology | General | Psychology | Psychopathology | Reference | Neuropsychology | Literary Criticism | Caribbean and Latin American | Political Science | American Government | Media Studies
Description:
Showalter takes on the history of mass cultural hysteria, from witch hunts to mesmerism, and discusses today's versions--ranging from chronic fatigue or Gulf War Syndrome to recovered memories--and the attendant publicity.
Review Quotes: A thought-provoking book for informed readers.-- "Library Journal"