Spectacle of deformity :: freak shows and modern British culture /
In 1847, during the great age of the freak show, the British periodical Punch bemoaned the public's "prevailing taste for deformity." This vividly detailed work argues that far from being purely exploitative, displays of anomalous bodies served a deeper social purpose as they generate...
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| Summary: | In 1847, during the great age of the freak show, the British periodical Punch bemoaned the public's "prevailing taste for deformity." This vividly detailed work argues that far from being purely exploitative, displays of anomalous bodies served a deeper social purpose as they generated popular and scientific debates over the meanings attached to bodily difference. Nadja Durbach examines freaks both well-known and obscure including the Elephant Man; "Lalloo, the Double-Bodied Hindoo Boy," a set of conjoined twins advertised as half male, half female; Krao, a seven-year-old hairy Laotian girl wh |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 273 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| spelling | Durbach, Nadja, 1971- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjvXvmPkHbPtFcRPYp3TXm http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2001146369 Spectacle of deformity : freak shows and modern British culture / Nadja Durbach. Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010. 1 online resource (xiii, 273 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier data file Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. Cover -- Table of Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Monstrosity, Masculinity, and Medicine -- 2. Two Bodies, Two Selves, Two Sexes -- 3. The Missing Link and the Hairy Belle -- 4. Aztecs and Earthmen -- 5. "When the Cannibal King Began to Talk" -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. In 1847, during the great age of the freak show, the British periodical Punch bemoaned the public's "prevailing taste for deformity." This vividly detailed work argues that far from being purely exploitative, displays of anomalous bodies served a deeper social purpose as they generated popular and scientific debates over the meanings attached to bodily difference. Nadja Durbach examines freaks both well-known and obscure including the Elephant Man; "Lalloo, the Double-Bodied Hindoo Boy," a set of conjoined twins advertised as half male, half female; Krao, a seven-year-old hairy Laotian girl wh Abnormalities, Human Great Britain History 19th century. Freak shows Great Britain History 19th century. Human body Social aspects Great Britain History 19th century. Congenital Abnormalities history Great Britain. History, 19th Century Great Britain. Exhibitions de monstres Grande-Bretagne Histoire 19e siècle. Corps humain Aspect social Grande-Bretagne Histoire 19e siècle. PERFORMING ARTS Circus. bisacsh HISTORY Europe General. bisacsh Abnormalities, Human fast Freak shows fast Human body Social aspects fast Great Britain fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdmp7p3cx8hpmJ8HvmTpP 1800-1899 fast Electronic books. History fast Print version: Spectacle of deformity Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010. 9780520257689 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 2009009244 |
| spellingShingle | Durbach, Nadja, 1971- Spectacle of deformity : freak shows and modern British culture / Cover -- Table of Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Monstrosity, Masculinity, and Medicine -- 2. Two Bodies, Two Selves, Two Sexes -- 3. The Missing Link and the Hairy Belle -- 4. Aztecs and Earthmen -- 5. "When the Cannibal King Began to Talk" -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. Abnormalities, Human Great Britain History 19th century. Freak shows Great Britain History 19th century. Human body Social aspects Great Britain History 19th century. Congenital Abnormalities history Great Britain. History, 19th Century Great Britain. Exhibitions de monstres Grande-Bretagne Histoire 19e siècle. Corps humain Aspect social Grande-Bretagne Histoire 19e siècle. PERFORMING ARTS Circus. bisacsh HISTORY Europe General. bisacsh Abnormalities, Human fast Freak shows fast Human body Social aspects fast |
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