Mad men and Medusas : reclaiming hysteria / Juliet Mitchell.

New York : Basic Books, [2000], ©2000.

xiii, 380 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-363) and index.

Hysteria -- Sigmund Freud: a fragment of a case of hysteria in a male -- Dora: a fragment of a case of hysteria in a female -- Where has all the hysteria gone? -- Sexuality, death, and reproduction -- From hysteria to motherhood -- Emptiness and possession -- The hysterical lie -- Trauma -- Hysteria: from catastrophe to trauma.