Invention of hysteria : Charcot and the photographic iconography of the Salpêtrière /

Didi-Huberman, Georges.

Invention of hysteria : Charcot and the photographic iconography of the Salpêtrière / Georges Didi-Huberman ; translated by Alisa Hartz. - Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT, c2003. - xii, 373 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

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Translated from the French.

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Salpêtrière (Hospital)


Hysteria--History.
Mental illness--Pictorial works.
Facial expression--History.

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