Aesthetic Hysteria is a deconstructive psychoanalytic study of hysteria, using literary texts to foreground a telling encounter between two growing discourses within English studies: that of emotion/affect and trauma studies. It brings together several academic foci - the history of medicine, aesthetic theory, speech act theory, feminism, and gender and performance studies. The study uses its theoretical and philosophical questioning of a cultural phenomenon to interrogate the politics and ends of theory, and is timely in addressing similar anxieties dominating contemporary critical and cultural theory.
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Aesthetic Hysteria is a deconstructive psychoanalytic study of hysteria, using literary texts to foreground a telling encounter between two growing discourses within English studies: that of emotion/affect and trauma studies. It brings together several academic foci - the history of medicine, aesthetic theory, speech act theory, feminism, and gender and performance studies. The study uses its theoretical and philosophical questioning of a cultural phenomenon to interrogate the politics and ends of theory, and is timely in addressing similar anxieties dominating contemporary critical and cultural theory.
Imprint | Routledge |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Series | Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory |
Release date | July 2007 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | 2007 |
Authors | Ankhi Mukherjee |
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 140 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-415-98140-8 |
Barcode | 9780415981408 |
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LSN | 0-415-98140-9 |