Mad Men and Medusas: Reclaiming Hysteria
- ISBN-10
- 0465046134
- ISBN-13
- 9780465046133
- Category
- Psychology
- Pages
- 380
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000-09-10
- Publisher
- Basic Books (AZ)
- Author
- Juliet Mitchell
Description
In this eagerly anticipated new work, the author of the classic Psychoanalysis and Feminism argues that we must reclaim hysteria to have a full understanding of the human condition.
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