ISBN:
9780786478880
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (237 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Mass Hysteria in Schools : A Worldwide History Since 1566
DDC:
302.17
Keywords:
Educational sociology
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Social psychology
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Hysteria (Social psychology)
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Witchcraft
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Psychoanalysis and education
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Education -- Psychological aspects
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Education -- History
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Educational sociology..
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Social psychology..
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Hysteria (Social psychology)
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Witchcraft..
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Psychoanalysis and education..
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Education ; Psychological aspects..
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Education ; History
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
This book comprehensively surveys the colorful history of mass hysteria and kindred phenomena in schools, documenting outbreaks of demonic possession during witchcraft scares, to modern incidents of collapsing bands, itching frenzies, ghost panics and mystery illnesses. Strange behaviors and illnesses in students are examined through the centuries. Possessed children went into trance states and began to bark like dogs in 16th and 17th century Holland; an epidemic of twitching, trembling and blackout spells swept through European schools during the latter 1800s; an outbreak of Tourette's-like s
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Table of Contents; Foreword by Glenn Dawes; Introduction; 1. Witch Hunts and Schoolchildren; 2. Twitching Epidemics and Pregnancy Panics: Historic Tales from Europe and America; 3. Fear 101-Fates Worse Than Homework: Modern Tales from East and West; 4. The Demon-Haunted Classroom: Tales from Asia; 5. The Students Who Laughed for a Week: Accounts from Africa; 6. The Meowing Schoolgirls of Fiji: Accounts from the Islands; 7. Strange Tales from Latin America; 8. Strange Schoolyards and Unusual Field Trips: Cases from Beyond the Classroom; 9. Global Lessons; Chapter Notes; Bibliography
Description / Table of Contents:
Index
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