The showman and the slave [[electronic resource] ] : race, death, and memory in Barnum's America / / Benjamin Reiss
| The showman and the slave [[electronic resource] ] : race, death, and memory in Barnum's America / / Benjamin Reiss |
| Autore | Reiss Benjamin |
| Edizione | [1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306/.0973/09034 |
| Soggetto topico |
Popular culture - United States - History - 19th century
Women slaves - United States Freak shows - Social aspects - United States - History - 19th century Whites - Race identity - United States African Americans in popular culture - History - 19th century Racism in popular culture - United States - History - 19th century Death in popular culture - United States - History - 19th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-674-04265-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- AckrunvZedgments -- Introduction: The Dark Subject -- 1. DEATH AND DYING -- 1. Possession -- 2. The Celebrated Curiosity -- 3. Private Acts, Public Memories -- 4. Sacred and Profane -- 5. Culture Wars -- 6. Love, Automata, and India Rubber -- 7. Spectacle -- II. RESURRECTION -- 8. Authenticity and Commodity -- 9. Exposure and Mastery -- 10. Erasure -- III. LIFE -- 11. A Speculative Biography -- Note to the 2010 Printing -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457059403321 |
Reiss Benjamin
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| Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2010 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The showman and the slave [[electronic resource] ] : race, death, and memory in Barnum's America / / Benjamin Reiss
| The showman and the slave [[electronic resource] ] : race, death, and memory in Barnum's America / / Benjamin Reiss |
| Autore | Reiss Benjamin |
| Edizione | [1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306/.0973/09034 |
| Soggetto topico |
Popular culture - United States - History - 19th century
Enslaved women - United States Freak shows - Social aspects - United States - History - 19th century White people - Race identity - United States African Americans in popular culture - History - 19th century Racism in popular culture - United States - History - 19th century Death in popular culture - United States - History - 19th century |
| ISBN | 0-674-04265-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- AckrunvZedgments -- Introduction: The Dark Subject -- 1. DEATH AND DYING -- 1. Possession -- 2. The Celebrated Curiosity -- 3. Private Acts, Public Memories -- 4. Sacred and Profane -- 5. Culture Wars -- 6. Love, Automata, and India Rubber -- 7. Spectacle -- II. RESURRECTION -- 8. Authenticity and Commodity -- 9. Exposure and Mastery -- 10. Erasure -- III. LIFE -- 11. A Speculative Biography -- Note to the 2010 Printing -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781142303321 |
Reiss Benjamin
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| Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2010 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The showman and the slave : race, death, and memory in Barnum's America / / Benjamin Reiss
| The showman and the slave : race, death, and memory in Barnum's America / / Benjamin Reiss |
| Autore | Reiss Benjamin |
| Edizione | [1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306/.0973/09034 |
| Soggetto topico |
Popular culture - United States - History - 19th century
Enslaved women - United States Freak shows - Social aspects - United States - History - 19th century White people - Race identity - United States African Americans in popular culture - History - 19th century Racism in popular culture - United States - History - 19th century Death in popular culture - United States - History - 19th century |
| ISBN |
9780674042650
0674042654 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- AckrunvZedgments -- Introduction: The Dark Subject -- 1. DEATH AND DYING -- 1. Possession -- 2. The Celebrated Curiosity -- 3. Private Acts, Public Memories -- 4. Sacred and Profane -- 5. Culture Wars -- 6. Love, Automata, and India Rubber -- 7. Spectacle -- II. RESURRECTION -- 8. Authenticity and Commodity -- 9. Exposure and Mastery -- 10. Erasure -- III. LIFE -- 11. A Speculative Biography -- Note to the 2010 Printing -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910959997603321 |
Reiss Benjamin
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| Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2010 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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