Sideshow U.S.A : freaks and the American cultural imagination / Rachel Adams.
Sideshow U.S.A : freaks and the American cultural imagination / Rachel Adams.
Sideshow U.S.A : freaks and the American cultural imagination / Rachel Adams.
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Publisher
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001.
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Date
2001.
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N791.35/3
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 289 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Overture: Recovering Otis -- 2. Freaks of Culture: Institutions, Publics, and the Subjects of Ethnographic Knowledge -- 3. Sideshow Cinema -- 4. "A mixture of delicious and freak": The Queer Fiction of Carson McCullers -- 5. Freak Photography -- 6. From Sideshow to the Streets: Performing the "Se...
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Publisher
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
2001.
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Summary
Adams's study concludes with a revealing look at the revival of the freak show as live performance in the late 1980s and the 1990s. Celebrated by some, the freak show's recent return is less welcome to those who have traditionally been its victims. At the beginning of a new century, Adams sees it as a form of living history, a testament to the vibr...
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Sideshow U.S.A : freaks and the American cultural imagination / Rachel Adams.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-276) and index.
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N791.35/3
Record Identifier
74VvQb8wAxZM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvQb8wAxZM
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ISBN
0226005380 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226005386 (alk. paper)
0226005380 (alk. paper)
9780226005393 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0226005399 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780226005386 (cloth : alk. paper)
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791.350973
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991014627359702626
