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Invention of Hysteria : Charcot and the Photographic Iconography of the Salpetriere
Invention of Hysteria Charcot and the Photographic Iconography of the Salpetriere
Author: Georges Didi-Huberman
In this classic of French cultural studies, Georges Didi-Huberman traces the intimate and reciprocal relationship between the disciplines of psychiatry and photography in the late nineteenth century. Focusing on the immense photographic output of the Salpetriere hospital, the notorious Parisian asylum for insane and incurable women, Didi-Huberma...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780262541800
ISBN-10: 0262541807
Publication Date: 10/1/2004
Pages: 385
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Publisher: The MIT Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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