Canadian Carnival Freaks and the Extraordinary Body, 1900-1970s

Informationen zum Autor Jane Nicholas is an associate professor in the Department of History and Department of Sexuality, Marriage, and Family Studies at the University of Waterloo. Klappentext In Canadian Carnival Freaks and the Extraordinary Body, 1900-1970s, Nicholas offers a sophisticated analysis of the place of the freak show in twentieth-century culture. Zusammenfassung In Canadian Carnival Freaks and the Extraordinary Body, 1900-1970s, Nicholas offers a sophisticated analysis of the place of the freak show in twentieth-century culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrationsAcknowledgements Introduction:  Pookie’s Story Chapter 1:  Monsters and Freaks:  Exhibitionary Culture and the Order of Things Chapter 2:  The Carnival State:  Protest, Moral Regulation, and Profits Chapter 3:  The Carnival Business in Canada:  Paternalism, Belonging, and Freak Show Labour          Chapter 4:  The Twentieth Century Freak Show:  Medical Discourse, Normality, and Race Chapter 5:  Not Just Child’s Play:  Child Freak Show Consumers and Workers Chapter 6:  The Spectacularization of Small and Cute:  Midget Shows and the Dionne Quintuplets Epilogue:  ‘I guess it really is all over’:  The End Which is Not One Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Jane Nicholas
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.04.2018
• EAN: 9781487522087
• ISBN: 978-1-4875-2208-7
• No. of pages: 277
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories