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Author Chemers, Michael M.

Title Staging stigma : a critical examination of the American freak show / Michael M. Chemers ; foreword by Jim Ferris.

Imprint New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  791.3509 C42s 2008    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xiv, 168 p., 10 p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Series Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history
Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-157) and index.
Contents Introduction : the ugly word -- 1. Staging stigma -- 2. Prurience and propriety -- 3. Enlightenment and wonder -- 4. Pathology and prodigy -- 5. Exploitation and transgression -- Conclusion : God's own artwork -- Notes -- Works cited -- Index.
Subject Freak shows -- United States -- History.
Carnivals -- United States -- History.
Abnormalities, Human -- United States.
ISBN 0230610668 (alk. paper)
9780230610668 (alk. paper)

 
    
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