Jane Nicholas

Canadian Carnival Freaks and the Extraordinary Body, 1900-1970s

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Produktbeschreibung

In Canadian Carnival Freaks and the Extraordinary Body, 1900-1970s, Nicholas offers a sophisticated analysis of the place of the freak show in twentieth-century culture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781487522087
• ISBN-10: 1487522088
• Artikelnr.: 47972788

Autorenporträt

Jane Nicholas is an associate professor in the Department of History and Department of Sexuality, Marriage, and Family Studies at the University of Waterloo.

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction:  Pookie’s Story
Chapter 1:  Monsters and Freaks:  Exhibitionary Culture and the Order of
Things
Chapter 2:  The Carnival State:  Protest, Moral Regulation, and Profits
Chapter 3:  The Carnival Business in Canada:  Paternalism, Belonging, and
Freak Show Labour         
Chapter 4:  The Twentieth Century Freak Show:  Medical Discourse,
Normality, and Race
Chapter 5:  Not Just Child’s Play:  Child Freak Show Consumers and Workers
Chapter 6:  The Spectacularization of Small and Cute:  Midget Shows and the
Dionne Quintuplets
Epilogue:  ‘I guess it really is all over’:  The End Which is Not One
Bibliography