A history of the case study: Sexology, psychoanalysis, literature

Birgit Lang; Joy Damousi; Alison Lewis

Open Access Published by Manchester University Press 2017

A history of the case study

Sexology, psychoanalysis, literature

Birgit Lang , Joy Damousi and Alison Lewis

https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526106117

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About this book

The case study is a modern genre that has not yet outgrown its original purpose. This collection tells the story of the genre as inseparable from the foundation of sexology and psychoanalysis, and integral to the history of European literature.

Author / Editor information

Birgit Lang is Associate Professor of German at The University of Melbourne

Joy Damousi is ARC Kathleen Fitzpatrick Laureate Fellow and Professor of History at The University of Melbourne

Alison Lewis is Professor of German at The University of Melbourne

Reviews

‘A valuable introduction to some lesser-known writers and doctors, and offers tantalising glimpses into national differences within those disciplines that use the case study, and within their historiographies. It is also a useful entry point for those interested in histories of sexology, psychiatry, psychoanalysis or criminology, but unfamiliar with the rich literary world that has surrounded and helped to shape these fields.’
Janet Weston, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Social History of Medicine, vol 33, no 3, August 2018

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Front matter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
Introduction Birgit Lang, Joy Damousi and Alison Lewis Open Access Download PDF	1
1 The shifting case of masochism Leopold von Sacher-Masoch’s Venus im Pelz (1870) Birgit Lang Open Access Download PDF	19
2 Fin-de-siècle investigations of the ‘creative genius’ in psychiatry and psychoanalysis Birgit Lang Open Access Download PDF	55
3 ‘Writing back’ Literary satire and Oskar Panizza’s Psichopatia criminalis (1898) Birgit Lang Open Access Download PDF	90
4 Erich Wulffen and the case of the criminal Birgit Lang Open Access Download PDF	119
5 Alfred Döblin’s literary cases about women and crime in Weimar Germany Alison Lewis Open Access Download PDF	156
6 Viola Bernard and the case study of race in post-war America Joy Damousi Open Access Download PDF	189
Conclusion Birgit Lang, Joy Damousi and Alison Lewis Open Access Download PDF	216
Select bibliography Open Access Download PDF	221
Index Open Access Download PDF	232

Language: English
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Audience: General/trade;College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Keywords: case study; history of sexuality; psychoanalysis; criminality; European literature; readers; sexual publics; modernity; case study; history of sexuality; psychoanalysis; criminality; European literature; readers; sexual publics; modernity

eBook

Published: March 31, 2017
ISBN: 9781526106117