Spectacle of Deformity: Freak Shows and Modern British Culture
by Nadja Durbach
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- 0520257685
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- 9780520257689
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Hardback. New. 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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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- The Saint Bookstore (GB)
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- A9780520257689
- Title
- Spectacle of Deformity: Freak Shows and Modern British Culture
- Author
- Nadja Durbach
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 5
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0520257685
- ISBN 13
- 9780520257689
- Publisher
- University Of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley, Ca
- This edition first published
- 2009-10
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