Embodied Selves : An Anthology of Psychological Texts 1830-1890
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0198710429
ISBN-13
9780198710424
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Clarendon Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 26th, 1998
Print length
450 Pages
Weight
698 grams
Dimensions
23.30 x 15.60 x 2.50 cms
Product Classification:
Literary essaysCultural studiesSociology & anthropologyPsychology
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An anthology of texts from scientific and cultural sources illustrating the complexity and range of Victorian psychological thought. Areas covered include: phrenology and mesmerism, theories of dreams, memory and the unconscious, female and male sexuality, insanity and nervous disorders, and theories of degeneration.
This anthology of primary materials will help redraw our understanding of the complexity and range of Victorian psychological thought and its relations to the wider cultural framework of the era. Drawing together an unprecedented range of materials from scientific, medical, and cultural sources, it charts changing notions of selfhood and bodily identity in the emerging sciences (and pseudo-sciences) of psychology and psychiatry. Areas covered include: physiognomy, phrenology, and mesmerism; theories of dreams, memory, and the unconscious; female and masculine sexuality; insanity and nervous disorders; and theories of degeneration. The book illuminates both the diversity and vitality of psychology in the pre-Freudian era and will help correct many of our misconceptions about theories of sexuality and the unconscious at this time. Embodies Selves will be of interest to both specialist and non-specialist audiences in the areas of cultural, literary, historical, and gender studies.
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