Chevra haChachamot on Nostr: After Hysteria: How Anna O. Became Bertha Pappenheim, by Anya Kamenetz July 29, 2024 ...
After Hysteria: How Anna O. Became Bertha Pappenheim, by Anya Kamenetz July 29, 2024
"...This is a history that, when it comes to light, makes the world look different. I learned it from the new book The Secret Mind Of Bertha Pappenheim: The Woman Who Invented Freud’s Talking Cure by Gabriel Brownstein, which shows us power of speaking the truth. Pappenheim might be happy to know this; making sure people cared about those women was her life’s work.
But like a hidden cemetery, locked behind a gate, this book doesn’t give up its secrets easily. It’s about grief, repression, trauma, the mystery of the mind, and that of illness and healing. It’s also, ironically, about the pitfalls of men telling women’s stories..."
https://lilith.org/articles/after-hysteria/
#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #Bookstodon #JewishWomen #JewishHistory
"...This is a history that, when it comes to light, makes the world look different. I learned it from the new book The Secret Mind Of Bertha Pappenheim: The Woman Who Invented Freud’s Talking Cure by Gabriel Brownstein, which shows us power of speaking the truth. Pappenheim might be happy to know this; making sure people cared about those women was her life’s work.
But like a hidden cemetery, locked behind a gate, this book doesn’t give up its secrets easily. It’s about grief, repression, trauma, the mystery of the mind, and that of illness and healing. It’s also, ironically, about the pitfalls of men telling women’s stories..."
https://lilith.org/articles/after-hysteria/
#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #Bookstodon #JewishWomen #JewishHistory