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Saint Hysteria: Neurosis, Mysticism, and Gender in European Culture

Cristina Mazzoni

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Description:Saint Hysteria examines scientific, literary, and religious texts that share a fascination with the otherness of the female body, whether in ecstatic pleasure or in neurotic pain. Cristina Mazzoni focuses on material from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, mainly in Italy and France. Her approach uses the methodologies of cultural studies and feminism but also benefits from the insights of psychoanalytic criticism. She asks how the identification of mysticism with hysteria became prevalent, and explores the continuing dialogue between a historicizing view of hysteria and a view of hysteria as repressed religious mysticism.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Saint Hysteria: Neurosis, Mysticism, and Gender in European Culture. To get started finding Saint Hysteria: Neurosis, Mysticism, and Gender in European Culture, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Saint Hysteria examines scientific, literary, and religious texts that share a fascination with the otherness of the female body, whether in ecstatic pleasure or in neurotic pain. Cristina Mazzoni focuses on material from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, mainly in Italy and France. Her approach uses the methodologies of cultural studies and feminism but also benefits from the insights of psychoanalytic criticism. She asks how the identification of mysticism with hysteria became prevalent, and explores the continuing dialogue between a historicizing view of hysteria and a view of hysteria as repressed religious mysticism.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Saint Hysteria: Neurosis, Mysticism, and Gender in European Culture. To get started finding Saint Hysteria: Neurosis, Mysticism, and Gender in European Culture, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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