This book examines the artistic use of freak shows between 1900-1950. During this period, the freak show shifted from a highly popular and profitable form of entertainment to a reviled one. But why? And how does this response reflect larger social changes in the United States at the time? Fahy examines this change and how artists responded.
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Freak Shows and the Modern American Imagination: Constructing the Damaged Body from Willa Cather to Truman Capote
This book examines the artistic use of freak shows between 1900-1950. During this period, the freak show shifted from a highly popular and profitable form of entertainment to a reviled one. But why? And how does this response reflect larger social changes in the United States at the time? Fahy examines this change and how artists responded.
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ISBN-13: | 9780230120983 |
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Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
Publication date: | 12/07/2011 |
Series: | American Literature Readings in the 21st Century |
Edition description: | 2006 |
Pages: | 192 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d) |
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