The Land of the Hunger Artists : Science, Spectacle and Authority, c.1880–1922
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1009379569
ISBN-13
9781009379564
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 23rd, 2023
Print length
300 Pages
Weight
412 grams
Dimensions
22.60 x 15.20 x 1.80 cms
Product Classification:
History of engineering & technology
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From the 1880s to the 1920s, public performances of extreme fasting by caged hunger artists became a very popular source of entertainment. Agustí Nieto-Galan presents the history of this phenomenon as both urban spectacle and subject of scientific study and experiment.
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