[PDF.54qo] Freakery: Cultural Spectacles of the Extraordinary Body

Freakery: Cultural Spectacles of the Extraordinary Body

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 | #280807 in Books |  NYU Press |  1996-10-01 |  1996-10-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.46 x1.05 x6.27l,1.79 | File type: PDF | 418 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| A truly intelligent discussion on the subject|By Thomas Sheick|I am absolutely in love with this book! I've not finished it yet, but there are so many amazing descriptions of "freaks", their part in the circuses, society and what was happening culturally during the time of the freak shows.

I could go on and on... But I tend to ramble.

So, I'll leave it at:| ||"The release of Freakery is as much a comment on modern academia as it is an intriguing exploration of the enduring fascination with the construction and presentation of those "who have been coarsely categorized as 'freaks,' 'curiosities', prodigies' a

Giants. Midgets. Tribal non-Westerners. The very fat. The very thin. Hermaphrodites. Conjoined twins. The disabled. The very hirsute. In American history, all have shared the platform equally, as freaks, human oddities, their only commonality their assigned role of anomalous other to the gathered throngs. For the price of a ticket, freak shows offered spectators an icon of bodily otherness whose difference from them secured their own membership in a common American id...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.Freakery: Cultural Spectacles of the Extraordinary Body   |  From Brand: NYU Press. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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