Invention of Hysteria - Table of Contents

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Invention of Hysteria
Charcot and the Photographic Iconography of the Salpetriere
Georges Didi-Huberman
Translated by Alisa Hartz

	Acknowledgments	vii

	Principal Works Cited	ix

	Argument Sample Chapter - Download PDF (33 KB)	xi

I	Spectacular Evidence	1

1	Outbreaks Sample Chapter - Download PDF (479 KB)	3

2	Clinical Knowledge	13

3	Legends of Photography	29

4	A Thousand Forms, in None	67

II	Charming Augustine	83

5	Auras	85

6	Attacks and Exposures	115

7	Repetitions, Rehearsals, Staging	175

	Appendixes

1	The "Living Pathological Museum"	281

2	Charcot's Clinical Lectures	281

3	Consultation	282

4	Preface to the Photographic Journal of the Hospitals of Paris	283

5	Preface to the Iconographie photographique de la Salpêtière (vol.I)

6	Preface to the Iconographie photographique de la Salpêtière (vol.II)	284

7	The Photographic Platform, Headrest, and Gallows	285

8	The "Observation" and the Photograph at the Salpêtière	286

9	The "Photographic Card" at the Salpêtière	286

10	Technique of Forensic Photography	287

11	The Portrait's Veil, the Aura	289

12	The "Auracular" Self-Portrait	290

13	The Aura Hysterica (Augustine)	291

14	Explanation of the Synoptic Table of the Great Hysterical Attack	291

15	The "Scintillating Scotoma"	292

16	Cure or Experimentation?	293

17	Gesture and Expression: Celebral Automatism	293

18	A Tableau Vivant of Cataleptics	294

19	Provoqued Deliria: Augustine's Account	295

20	Theatrical Suggestion	297

21	Somnambular Writing	298

22	How Far Does Hypnotic Suggestion Go?	299

	Notes	303

	Bibliography Sample Chapter - Download PDF (49 KB)	349

	Index Sample Chapter - Download PDF (43 KB)	369

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