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Freak Shows and the Modern American Imagination

- Constructing the Damaged Body from Willa Cather to Truman Capote

av T. Fahy
Om Freak Shows and the Modern American Imagination

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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  • Språk:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781403974037
  • Bindende:
  • Hardback
  • Sider:
  • 192
  • Utgitt:
  • 27 oktober 2006
  • Utgave:
  • 2006
  • Dimensjoner:
  • 140x216x16 mm.
  • Vekt:
  • 410 g.
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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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