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2009
Overview
Hysteria, with its four-thousand-year history, is the oldest and most widespread psychological disorder. More accurately, it comprises a set of psychosomatic phenomena considered a disorder in some cultures and assimilated in others in ritual practices of individuation/socialization. The definitions of hysteria change through its long history, as do its manifestations or “symptoms.” Although the symptoms are historically and culturally specific, certain syndromes recur, including amnesias, arrhythmic movements, eating disorders, and, most important for my purposes, body “language” and linguistic disturbances.
My question remains “Why is there lyric poetry?” and hysteria with its linguistic problems offers a different perspective on the
