Spectacle of Deformity : Freak Shows and Modern British Culture
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0520257685
ISBN-13
9780520257689
Publisher
University of California Press
Imprint
University of California Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 13th, 2009
Print length
288 Pages
Weight
534 grams
Dimensions
23.40 x 16.20 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
CircusSocial & cultural history
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In 1847, during the great age of the freak show, the British periodical Punch bemoaned the public's 'prevailing taste for deformity'. This 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.
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