“Art on the table and sex under the table, just as society likes it,”
Clayton Cubitt
“Hysterical Literature is a video art series by photographer and filmmaker Clayton Cubitt. It explores feminism, mind-body dualism, distraction portraiture, and the contrast between culture and sexuality.”
Stoya
See Stoya’s thoughts on the session here
Alicia
Danielle
Danielle’s thoughts on her session here
Stormy
Teresa
Sole
Sole’s thoughts on her session here
Amanda
Margaret
Marne
Marne’s thoughts on her session here
Janet
Toni
Read Toni Bentley’s articule on Vanity Fair here
Fette
Jason (parody)
Official site: www.hystericalliterature.com
Hysteria (Wikipedia): “Hysteria in the colloquial use of the term, means ungovernable emotional excess. Generally, modern medical professionals have abandoned using the term “hysteria” to denote a diagnostic category, replacing it with more precisely defined categories, such as somatization disorder. In 1980, the American Psychiatric Association officially changed the diagnosis of “hysterical neurosis, conversion type” (the most extreme and effective type) to “conversion disorder”. While the word “hysteria” originates from the Greek word for uterus, hystera, the word itself is not an ancient one, and the term “hysterical suffocation” – meaning a feeling of heat and inability to breathe – was instead used in ancient Greek medicine. This suggests an entirely physical cause for the symptoms but, by linking them to the uterus, suggests that the disorder can only be found in women. Historically, hysteria was thought to manifest itself in women with a variety of symptoms, including: anxiety, shortness of breath, fainting, insomnia, irritability, nervousness, as well as sexually forward behaviour. These symptoms mimic symptoms of other more definable diseases and create a case for arguing against the validity of hysteria as an actual disease, and it is often implied that it is an umbrella term, used to describe an indefinable illness. Through to the 20th century, however, the label hysteria was applied to a mental, rather than uterine or physical, affliction. Hysteria is no longer thought of as a real ailment.”
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