Mass Hysteria in Schools | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9780786478880 | Mass Hysteria in Schools | A Worldwide History Since 1566 | Buch

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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 symptoms struck schoolgirls in western New York in 2011-12. In addition to the US and Europe, separate chapters detail accounts from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Oceania. A variety of theories to explain outbreaks are examined.

Über den Autor

Robert E. Bartholomew has taught sociology in Australia at The Flinders University of South Australia and James Cook University in Queensland. A former radio journalist and contributor to the Associated Press and United Press International, he teaches at Botany College in Auckland, New Zealand. Bob Rickard founded Fortean Times, a monthly periodical for balanced reporting and discussion of anomalies in most fields, including those studying behavior, experience and belief, in late November 1973 and edited it for the next 28 years. He continues to contribute research, articles and reports on unusual topics in his semi-retirement. He lives in London, England.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Index

Details

Empfohlen (von):	18
Erscheinungsjahr:	2014
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Erziehung & Bildung , Importe
Rubrik:	Sozialwissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780786478880
ISBN-10:	0786478888
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Bartholomew, Robert E. Rickard, Bob
Orchester:	Rickard, Bob
Hersteller:	McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 14 mm
Von/Mit:	Robert E. Bartholomew (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	30.03.2014
Gewicht:	0,39 kg