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Sideshow U.S.A : freaks and the American cultural imagination / Rachel Adams.

Sideshow U.S.A : freaks and the American cultural imagi...

Sideshow U.S.A : freaks and the American cultural imagination / Rachel Adams.

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Sideshow U.S.A : freaks and the American cultural imagination / Rachel Adams.

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Full title

Sideshow U.S.A : freaks and the American cultural imagination / Rachel Adams.

Author / Creator

Publisher

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001.

Alternative title

Sideshow USA.

Date

2001.

Call Numbers

N791.35/3

Record Identifier

74VvQb8wAxZM

MMS ID

991014627359702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

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...

Publication information

Publisher

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001.

Place of Publication

Illinois

Date Published

2001.

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Scope and Contents

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...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Sideshow U.S.A : freaks and the American cultural imagination / Rachel Adams.

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Creator

Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-276) and index.

Contextual Information

Other version (online)

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

N791.35/3

Record Identifier

74VvQb8wAxZM

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvQb8wAxZM

Other Identifiers

ISBN

0226005380 (cloth : alk. paper)

9780226005386 (alk. paper)

0226005380 (alk. paper)

9780226005393 (pbk. : alk. paper)

0226005399 (pbk. : alk. paper)

9780226005386 (cloth : alk. paper)

DDC

791.350973

MMS ID

991014627359702626

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