Hysteria

This was a book commissioned by ‘Ideas in Psychoanalysis' series editor Ivan Ward. Situating hysteria historically and culturally, and particularly where it intersected with the formation of psychoanalysis as a specific discipline and system of knowledge, as I do in this publication had been an integral part of my research and had brought me national recognition. For example, on the strength of this research I was invited to give a public lecture at Tate Modern in December 2001, in the context of the exhibition ‘Surrealism: Desire Unbound'. The book has been translated into Spanish, Portuguese and Croatian and is included on the reading lists of several different courses.