23%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Sideshow U.S.A
Rachel Adams
€ 35.99
€ 27.64
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Sideshow U.S.A
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 282 pages, 38 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; ASZW; DSBF; DSBH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 480.
A staple of American popular culture during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the freak show seemed to vanish after the Second World War. But as Rachel Adams reveals in Sideshow U.S.A., images of the freak show, with its combination of the grotesque, the horrific, and the amusing, stubbornly reappeared in literature and the arts. Freak shows, she contends, have survived because of their capacity for reinvention. Empty of any inherent meaning, the freak's body becomes a stage for playing out some of the twentieth century's most pressing social and political concerns, from debates about race, empire, and immigration, to ... Read more
A staple of American popular culture during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the freak show seemed to vanish after the Second World War. But as Rachel Adams reveals in Sideshow U.S.A., images of the freak show, with its combination of the grotesque, the horrific, and the amusing, stubbornly reappeared in literature and the arts. Freak shows, she contends, have survived because of their capacity for reinvention. Empty of any inherent meaning, the freak's body becomes a stage for playing out some of the twentieth century's most pressing social and political concerns, from debates about race, empire, and immigration, to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226005393
SKU
V9780226005393
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
Reviews for Sideshow U.S.A