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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
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  
Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2010
Materiale a stampa
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  
Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2010
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
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-9910823904403321
Reiss Benjamin  
Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2010
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui