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Invention of Hysteria: Charcot and the Photographic Iconography of the Salpêtrière

Contributor(s): Didi-Huberman, Georges (Author), Hartz, Alisa (Translator)

ISBN: 9780262541800

Publisher: MIT Press

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Pub Date: September 17, 2004

Dewey: 616.8524009

LCCN: 2002029382

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product

Target Age Group: 18 to UP

Physical Info: 0.85" H x 9.94" L x 7.04" W ( 1.80 lbs) 392 pages

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Description: The first English-language publication of a classic French book on the relationship between the development of photography and of the medical category of hysteria.

Review Quotes: This poetic account of the relationship between photography and madness will interest any student of art or mental health.--Publishers Weekly Forecasts--

...a significant examination of an often blurred landscape between pain and performance.

--Allan Graubard, Leonardo Reviews--

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