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The spectacle of deformity : freak shows and modern British culture / / Nadja Durbach
| The spectacle of deformity : freak shows and modern British culture / / Nadja Durbach |
| Autore | Durbach Nadja <1971-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 273 pages) |
| Disciplina | 791.35094109034 |
| Soggetto topico |
Abnormalities, Human - Great Britain - History - 19th century
Freak shows - Great Britain - History - 19th century Human body - Social aspects - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1847
anthropology british culture cannibal kings conjoined twins cultural otherness cultural studies deformity disability elephant man european history exploitation freak show performers freak shows great britain human bodies imperial ideology lalloo missing link modern history modern identity modern sensibilities national identity nonfiction psychology scientists social history social issues social purpose social purposes |
| ISBN |
1-282-35997-5
9786612359972 0-520-94489-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Exhibiting Freaks -- 1 / Monstrosity, Masculinity, and Medicine: Reexamining "the Elephant Man" -- 2 / Two Bodies, Two Selves, Two Sexes: Conjoined Twins and "the Double-Bodied Hindoo Boy" -- 3 / The Missing Link and the Hairy Belle: Evolution, Imperialism, and "Primitive" Sexuality -- 4 / Aztecs and Earthmen: Declining Civilizations and Dying Races -- 5 / "When the Cannibal King Began to Talk": Performing Race, Class, and Ethnicity -- Conclusion / The Decline of the Freak Show -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778402703321 |
Durbach Nadja <1971->
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| Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The spectacle of deformity : freak shows and modern British culture / / Nadja Durbach
| The spectacle of deformity : freak shows and modern British culture / / Nadja Durbach |
| Autore | Durbach Nadja <1971-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 273 pages) |
| Disciplina | 791.35094109034 |
| Soggetto topico |
Abnormalities, Human - Great Britain - History - 19th century
Freak shows - Great Britain - History - 19th century Human body - Social aspects - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1847
anthropology british culture cannibal kings conjoined twins cultural otherness cultural studies deformity disability elephant man european history exploitation freak show performers freak shows great britain human bodies imperial ideology lalloo missing link modern history modern identity modern sensibilities national identity nonfiction psychology scientists social history social issues social purpose social purposes |
| ISBN |
1-282-35997-5
9786612359972 0-520-94489-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Exhibiting Freaks -- 1 / Monstrosity, Masculinity, and Medicine: Reexamining "the Elephant Man" -- 2 / Two Bodies, Two Selves, Two Sexes: Conjoined Twins and "the Double-Bodied Hindoo Boy" -- 3 / The Missing Link and the Hairy Belle: Evolution, Imperialism, and "Primitive" Sexuality -- 4 / Aztecs and Earthmen: Declining Civilizations and Dying Races -- 5 / "When the Cannibal King Began to Talk": Performing Race, Class, and Ethnicity -- Conclusion / The Decline of the Freak Show -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809663403321 |
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Durbach Nadja <1971->
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| Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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