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Freak Shows and the Modern American Imagination

- Constructing the Damaged Body from Willa Cather to Truman Capote

af T. Fahy
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This book examines the artistic use of freak shows between 1900-1950. During this period, the freak show shifted from a highly popular and profitable form of entertainment to a reviled one. But why? And how does this response reflect larger social changes in the United States at the time? Fahy examines this change and how artists responded.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781403974037
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 192
  • Udgivet:
  • 27. oktober 2006
  • Udgave:
  • 2006
  • Størrelse:
  • 140x216x16 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 410 g.
Leveringstid: 8-11 hverdage
Forventet levering: 26. november 2024

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This book examines the artistic use of freak shows between 1900-1950. During this period, the freak show shifted from a highly popular and profitable form of entertainment to a reviled one. But why? And how does this response reflect larger social changes in the United States at the time? Fahy examines this change and how artists responded.

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