Sideshow U.S.A. : Freaks and the American Cultural Imagination
by
Rachel Adams
Book Details
Format
Paperback / softback
ISBN-10
0226005399
ISBN-13
9780226005393
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Imprint
University of Chicago Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 1st, 2001
Print length
296 Pages
Weight
440 grams
Dimensions
23.20 x 15.40 x 2.50 cms
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A staple of American popular culture during the 19th and early 20th centuries, the freak show seemed to vanish after World War II. However, as this book reveals, images of the freak show, with its combination of the grotesque, horrific and amusing, stubbornly reappeared in literature and the arts.
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