Fall of the big top: the vanishing American circus
"Explores circus history from 1793 to the present and addresses the cultural forces pushing big top shows toward "circus ballet." Numerous photographs and in-depth interviews conducted with show owners, performers and directors reveal a contrast between circuses of yesterday and today...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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Jefferson, N.C. [u.a.]
McFarland
2008
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Explores circus history from 1793 to the present and addresses the cultural forces pushing big top shows toward "circus ballet." Numerous photographs and in-depth interviews conducted with show owners, performers and directors reveal a contrast between circuses of yesterday and today, and honor the outstanding performers who created and sustained the appeal of the circus"--Provided by publisher |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 225) and index Preface -- The big one falls -- Back before Barnum -- American heyday -- Brother, can you spare a ring? -- Spectacles unsublime -- Mavericks on the midway -- Cirque du invasion -- Encore for the eighties -- Vanishing visions -- Laliberte latitudes -- Ringling in retreat -- Reparations for Jumbo? -- Gunther in black -- There go the shriners -- And the band did not play on -- Minus Clyde Beatty -- This way to the ballet -- Bumpin' back with a voice -- Big Apple delicious -- And in the only ring that matters -- Chapter notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Beschreibung: | vii, 231 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 9780786431694 |
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