Author: Marijke Gijswijt-Hofstra
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Publisher: Rodopi Bv Editions
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 9042009314
Cultures of Neurasthenia: From Beard to the First World War (Clio Medica 63) (Clio Medica/Wellcome Institute Series in the History of Medicine)
Neurasthenia, meaning nerve weakness, was ‘invented’ in the United States as a disorder of modernity, caused by the fast pace of urban life. Medical books Cultures of Neurasthenia. Soon after, from the early 1880s onwards, this modern disease crossed the Atlantic. Neurasthenia became much less ‘popular’ in Britain or the Netherlands than in Germany. Neurasthenia’s heyday continued into the first decade of the twentieth century. The label referred to conditions similar to those currently labelled as chronic fatigue syndrome Medical books Fat and Blood: And How to Make. This volume presents one of Mitchell's touchstone texts of neurasthenia cultural critique as medical diagnosis. Fat and Blood was a best seller in its time and went through multiple printings and numerous editions. It fused the cultural critique of modern society and the inversion of gender roles with the medical analysis of this strange new ailment. Today we are likely to read it angrily, as it serves to enforce the most pernicious stereotypes abut women (and not so incidentally, about men) stereotypes that have proved resilient obstacles to women's advancement. But Fat and Blood supports another reading, a bit more contemporary and certainly more engaged. There are constant arguments that resound across more than the century since they were written. *Author: Mitchell, Silas Weir/ Kimmel, Michael S. *Series Title: Classics in Gender Studies *Binding Type: Paperback *Number of Pages: 109 *Publication Date: 2004/09/27 *Language: English *Dimensions: 8.84 x 6.84 x 0.34 inches
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This volume presents one of Mitchell's touchstone texts of neurasthenia cultural critique as medical diagnosis. Fat and Blood was a best seller in its time and went through multiple printings and numerous editions. It fused the cultural critique of modern society and the inversion of gender roles with the medical analysis of this strange new ailment. Today we are likely to read it angrily, as it serves to enforce the most pernicious stereotypes abut women (and not so incidentally, about men) stereotypes that have proved resilient obstacles to women's advancement. But Fat and Blood supports ano
This volume presents one of Mitchell''s touchstone texts of neurasthenia cultural critique as medical diagnosis. Fat and Blood was a best seller in its time and went through multiple printings and numerous editions. It fused the cultural critique of modern society and the inversion of gender roles with the medical analysis of this strange new ailment. Today we are likely to read it angrily, as it serves to enforce the most pernicious stereotypes about women (and not so incidentally, about men) stereotypes that have proved resilient obstacles to women''s advancement. But Fat and Blood supports
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Medical Book Cultures of Neurasthenia
Soon after, from the early 1880s onwards, this modern disease crossed the Atlantic. Neurasthenia became much less ‘popular’ in Britain or the Netherlands than in Germany. Neurasthenia’s heyday continued into the first decade of the twentieth century. The label referred to conditions similar to those currently labelled as chronic fatigue syndrome. Why this rise and fall of neurasthenia, and why these differences in popularity?
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