Exploring the Cultural History of Continental European Freak Shows and 'Enfreakment'

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This collection offers cultural historical analyses of enfreakment and freak shows, examining the social construction and spectacular display of wondrous, monstrous, or curious Otherness in the formerly relatively neglected region of Continental Europe. Forgotten stories are uncovered about freak-sh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kerchy, Anna
Otros Autores: Zittlau, Andrea
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012.
Temas:
Civilization > History.
Curiosities and wonders > Europe > History.
Freak shows > Europe > History.
Curiosity.
Exploratory Behavior
Congenital Abnormalities > history
Cultural Characteristics > history
Leisure Activities > psychology
Civilisation > Histoire.
Curiosités et merveilles > Europe > Histoire.
Exhibitions de monstres > Europe > Histoire.
Curiosité.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Curiosity
Civilization
Curiosities and wonders
Freak shows
Europe.
Europe
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This collection offers cultural historical analyses of enfreakment and freak shows, examining the social construction and spectacular display of wondrous, monstrous, or curious Otherness in the formerly relatively neglected region of Continental Europe. Forgotten stories are uncovered about freak-show celebrities, medical specimen, and philosophical fantasies presenting the anatomically unusual in a wide range of sites, including curiosity cabinets, anatomical museums, and traveling circus ac ...
Descripción Física:1 online resource (297 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781443846424
1443846422

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