Matches in Harvard for { <http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/007810166/catalog> ?p ?o. }
Showing items 1 to 31 of
31
with 100 items per page.
- catalog abstract "Across Victorian Britain, in castles and cottages, rectories and pubs, and even hospitals and churches, thousands of women and hundreds of men were put into mesmeric trances. Apparently reasonable human beings twisted into bizarre postures, called out in unknown languages, and placidly bore assaults that should have caused unbearable pain. The Victorians were literally entranced - mesmerized - with this phenomenon. Alison Winter's cultural history considers this pervasive pursuit as a central aspect of Victorian culture. Winter describes who was entranced, who did the entrancing, why mesmerism was such a compelling experience to so many, and how to others it became powerful evidence of fraud and "unscientific" behavior. Her account traces the history of mesmerism as it moved through Victorian society. As a result, Mesmerized is both a social history of the age and a lively exploration of the contested territory between science and pseudoscience. It provides an illuminating and original perspective on the Victorian social body and on nineteenth-century culture in general.".
- catalog contributor b10808122.
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Social life and customs 19th century.".
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "Across Victorian Britain, in castles and cottages, rectories and pubs, and even hospitals and churches, thousands of women and hundreds of men were put into mesmeric trances. Apparently reasonable human beings twisted into bizarre postures, called out in unknown languages, and placidly bore assaults that should have caused unbearable pain. The Victorians were literally entranced - mesmerized - with this phenomenon.".
- catalog description "Alison Winter's cultural history considers this pervasive pursuit as a central aspect of Victorian culture. Winter describes who was entranced, who did the entrancing, why mesmerism was such a compelling experience to so many, and how to others it became powerful evidence of fraud and "unscientific" behavior. Her account traces the history of mesmerism as it moved through Victorian society. As a result, Mesmerized is both a social history of the age and a lively exploration of the contested territory between science and pseudoscience. It provides an illuminating and original perspective on the Victorian social body and on nineteenth-century culture in general.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-451) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: An Invitation to the Seance -- 1. Discovery of the Island of Mesmeria -- 2. Animal Magnetism Comes to London -- 3. Experimental Subjects as Scientific Instruments -- 4. Carnival, Chapel, and Pantomime -- 5. The Peripatetic Power of the "New Science" -- 6. Consultations, Conversaziones, and Institutions -- 7. The Invention of Anesthesia and the Redefinition of Pain -- 8. Colonizing Sensations in Victorian India -- 9. Emanations from the Sickroom -- 10. The Mesmeric Cure of Souls -- 11. Expertise, Common Sense, and the Territories of Science -- 12. The Social Body and the Invention of Consensus -- Conclusion: The Day after the Feast.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 464 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0226902196 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chicago : University of Chicago Press,".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Social life and customs 19th century.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog subject "154.7/0941/09034 21".
- catalog subject "1999 A-738".
- catalog subject "BF 1125 W784m 1998".
- catalog subject "BF1125 .W56 1998".
- catalog subject "Hypnosis Great Britain History.".
- catalog subject "Hypnosis".
- catalog subject "Mesmerism Great Britain History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Social Conditions Great Britain History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: An Invitation to the Seance -- 1. Discovery of the Island of Mesmeria -- 2. Animal Magnetism Comes to London -- 3. Experimental Subjects as Scientific Instruments -- 4. Carnival, Chapel, and Pantomime -- 5. The Peripatetic Power of the "New Science" -- 6. Consultations, Conversaziones, and Institutions -- 7. The Invention of Anesthesia and the Redefinition of Pain -- 8. Colonizing Sensations in Victorian India -- 9. Emanations from the Sickroom -- 10. The Mesmeric Cure of Souls -- 11. Expertise, Common Sense, and the Territories of Science -- 12. The Social Body and the Invention of Consensus -- Conclusion: The Day after the Feast.".
- catalog title "Mesmerized : powers of mind in Victorian Britain / Alison Winter.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".