Canadian Carnival Freaks and the Extraordinary Body, 1900-1970s
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In 1973, a five year old girl known as Pookie was exhibited as "The Monkey Girl" at the Canadian National Exhibition. Pookie was the last of a number of children exhibited as 'freaks' in twentieth-century Canada. Jane Nicholas takes us on a search for answers about how and why the freak show persisted into the 1970s. In Canadian Carnival Freaks and the Extraordinary Body, 1900-1970s, Nicholas offers a sophisticated analysis of...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1487502656
ISBN13:9781487502652
Release Date:April 2018
Publisher:University of Toronto Press
Length:320 Pages
Weight:1.40 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"
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