Spectacle of Deformity : Freak Shows and Modern British Culture /

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In 1847, during the great age of the freak show, the British periodical Punch bemoaned the public's "prevailing taste for deformity." This vividly detailed work argues that far from being purely exploitative, displays of anomalous bodies served a deeper social purpose as they generate...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Durbach, Nadja (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2009]
Temas:
Abnormalities, Human > History > 19th century > Great Britain.
Abnormalities, Human > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Freak shows > History > 19th century > Great Britain.
Freak shows > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Human body > Social aspects > History > 19th century > Great Britain.
Human body > Social aspects > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
HISTORY / Europe / General.
1847.
anthropology.
british culture.
cannibal kings.
conjoined twins.
cultural otherness.
cultural studies.
deformity.
disability.
elephant man.
european history.
exploitation.
freak show performers.
freak shows.
great britain.
human bodies.
imperial ideology.
lalloo.
missing link.
modern history.
modern identity.
modern sensibilities.
national identity.
nonfiction.
psychology.
scientists.
social history.
social issues.
social purpose.
social purposes.
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