Dumbstruck : a cultural history of ventriloquism / Steven Connor.
Dumbstruck : a cultural history of ventriloquism / Steven Connor.
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Publisher
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Date
2000.
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N793.8909/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 449 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2000.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
He retrieves the stories of some of the most popular and versatile ventriloquists and polyphonists of the nineteenth century, and investigates the survival of ventriloquial delusions and desires in spiritualism and the 'vocalic uncanny' of technologies like telephone, radio, film, and the internet. Learned but lucid, brimming with anecdote and insi...
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Full title
Dumbstruck : a cultural history of ventriloquism / Steven Connor.
Portion of title
Cultural history of ventriloquism.
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General note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [418]-435) and index.
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N793.8909/1
Record Identifier
74Vvobq8dy0y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvobq8dy0y
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ISBN
0198184336 :
9780198184331 (alk. paper)
0198184336 (alk. paper)
9780198184331 :
DDC
793.89
MMS ID
991013346239702626
