Hystories: Hysterical Epidemics and Modern Culture

Argues that modern syndromes such as alien abduction, chronic fatigue, satanic ritual abuse, and Gulf War syndrome are all manifestations of mass cultural hysteria, and shows how epidemics of hysteria are spread through self-help books, talk shows, the Internet, films, and literary criticism.

'This is a brave book, not only because it dares to question feminist orthodoxies, but also because it reminds us that feminism's purpose is the investigation of truth, not the perpetuation of blame' Erica Jong, author of Fear of Flying