The Lives of Chang and Eng : Siam's Twins in Nineteenth-Century America /

Connected at the chest by a band of flesh, conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker toured the United States and the world from the 1820s to the 1870s, exhibiting their extraordinary bodies as 'freaks of nature' and 'Oriental curiosities'. The brothers constantly professed their norm...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Orser, Joseph Andrew (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : The University of North Carolina Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Bunker, Eng, > 1811-1874.
Bunker, Chang, > 1811-1874.
Bunker, Eng, > 1811-1874
Bunker, Chang, > 1811-1874
Universidad Sergio Arboleda
Siamesische Zwillinge
Conjoined twins.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > People with Disabilities.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Medical.
Medecine > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Jumeaux siamois.
Jumeaux siamois > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Jumeaux siamois > États-Unis > Biographies.
History, 19th Century
Twins, Conjoined
Conjoined twins > United States > History > 19th century.
Conjoined twins > United States > Biography.
United States.
United States
Biographies.
History.
collective biographies.
Biography
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Connected at the chest by a band of flesh, conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker toured the United States and the world from the 1820s to the 1870s, exhibiting their extraordinary bodies as 'freaks of nature' and 'Oriental curiosities'. The brothers constantly professed their normality - they spoke English, attended church, became American citizens, and backed the Confederacy during the Civil War. Yet in life and death, Americans saw the brothers as 'monstrosities', an affront they were unable to escape. This book chronicles the twins' history.
Physical Description:1 online resource (272 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781469618326

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