A Dark Science: Women, Sexuality, and Psychiatry in the Nineteenth Century
by J. Moussaieff Masson
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Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson is the author of "Dogs Never Lie About Love: Reflections on the Emotional World of Dogs"; "When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals"; "My Father's Guru: A Journey Through Spirituality & Disillusion"; "Final Analysis: The Making & Unmaking of a Psychoanalyst"; & "The Assault on Truth: Freud's Suppression of the show more Seduction Theory", among other books. After receiving his undergraduate degree & a Ph.D. in Sanskrit & Indian Studies from Harvard University, he completed a full clinical training program in psychoanalysis at the Toronto Psychoanalytic Institute from 1970 to 1978. Masson served for one year as Projects Director of the Sigmund Freud Archives in London. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original publication date
- 1986
- Dedication
- For Denise
- First words
- Reading these texts is a lot like reading pornography. (Preface)
This is a book of readings, selected and translated from French and German medical journals that appeared between 1865 and 1900. (Introduction)
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- Nonfiction, Sexuality and Gender Studies, General Nonfiction, History
- DDC/MDS
- 616.89 — Applied science & technology Medicine & health Diseases, Allergies, Skin Conditions Nervous Disorders: Autism, Anorexia, OCD Mental disorders: bi-polar/schizophrenia
- LCC
- RC339 .E85 .D37 — Medicine Internal medicine Internal medicine Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
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