ON MASS HYSTERIA - A HISTORY OF MISOGYNY

In On Mass Hysteria, the genesis chapter of A History of Misogyny, Laia Abril visualises the historical and contemporary societal interpretations of outbreaks termed as mass hysteria, which are potentially cases of mass psychogenic illness functional neurological disorders. Abril gives form to an anthropological theory viewing these psychosomatic outbreaks as a female proto-language of protest, triggered by oppressive systems, collective pain, and transgenerational trauma.