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NERVOUS BREAKDOWN IN 20TH-CENTURY AMERICAN CULTURE.
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The rise, evolution and ambiguous decline of the nervous breakdown in the United States open an interesting window on pervasive anxieties. The concept raises several intriguing historical questions: Why did it originate in the first place, quite early in the century, when other concepts, notably neurasthenia, were already available? (It will become clear that this is one of the hardest issues to resolve.) Why did it decline after the 1960s--the last major popular treatment of the phenomenon, Frank Caprio's How to Avoid a Nervous Breakdown, appeared in 1969? And in fact, how much…
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...They accepted the notion of nervous breakdown often because it was construed...despite the pain it conveyed. Nervous breakdown is not the only disease entity...been "demedicalized" in the 20th century, [3] but it is an important... |
 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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A Waste Land for the century of spin; Trading conviction for capital: Tony...
...influentialpoem of the early 20th century. The work of...factrecovering from a nervous breakdown at the time...minds. Almost a century later, the alienation...means Capital and culture means supercasinos...the British and American governments have... |
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New on Tape
...forging a revolution in American music to becoming an institution in American culture. Using vintage footage...profound effect on 20th-century American music.-Richard...ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN Unrated, 1988... |
 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Culture: Books: Perfect pictures of happiness; The Red Rose Girls . By Alice A...
...lives of a quartet of American artists - Jessie Willcox...who captivated early 20th-century Philadelphia with their...was approaching a nervous breakdown, possibly disturbed...gifted Red Rose Girl - American artist Jessie Willcox... |
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Heaven knows: with bittersweet rapture, director Todd Haynes looks back at '50s...
...strange African American wandering outside...future. A mid-20th-century melodrama for...movie audience. AMERICAN MOVIES HAD A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN in the '50s...dominated popular culture for the better part of the century, film suddenly... |
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Dancing on the Grave; (Is High Fashion Dead, or Just Faking It?)
...was born with a nervous breakdown," is backstage...fashion in the 20th century so glorious...the craft and culture of making the...necessarily produce nervous hand-wringing...bubbles. "They are American. German. Swiss... |
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Mendes' new comedy explores the meaning of marriage in America.(MOVIES)(Sam...
...tragedy, American style ("American Beauty...lovely African-American Verona De Tessant...more post-20th-century, middle-class...in a land and culture gone random...the verge of a nervous breakdown. One can only... |
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AN AMERICAN NOVELIST
...to shape 20th century literature...twilight of the American novelist's...notorious moonshining culture and history...underrated figure in 20th century American fiction in my...he suffered a nervous breakdown and vanished... |
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Art critic who launched the career of Jackson Pollock.(BOOKS)
...between popular culture and artistic...into the next century. According...revolutionary art and culture. Nonetheless...kitsch for American readers. Greenberg...in 1943. A nervous breakdown a few weeks...art of the 20th century. One of the... |
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TELEVISIONARY DECADES AFTER THE FACT, THE WORLD IS JUST TUNING IN TO THE WORK...
...For much of the 20th century - a century shaped, and in some...But of late, American culture has seemed eager...influential people of the century. "It's a long...point, he suffered a nervous breakdown. "There is a sense... |
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