Freak Shows and the Modern American Imagination : Constructing the Damaged Body from Willa Cather to Truman Capote
by
T. Fahy
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
American Literature Readings in the 21st Century
ISBN-10
0230120989
ISBN-13
9780230120983
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 7th, 2011
Print length
192 Pages
Weight
282 grams
Dimensions
21.60 x 14.30 x 1.20 cms
Product Classification:
North America (USA and Canada)Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000Literary studies: from c 1900 -Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writersLiterary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writersHistory of the AmericasSocial & cultural historyHistory of the AmericasSocial and cultural history
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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.
Freak Shows and the Modern American Imagination examines the artistic use of freak shows between 1900 and 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? Artists responded to this change by using the freakish body as a tool for exploring problematic social attitudes about race, disability, and sexual desire in American culture. The freak body in art not only reveals disturbing truths about early twentieth-century prejudices, but it also becomes a space for exploring the profound social impact of contemporary events such as the Great Migration, World War I, and the Great Depression.
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