Freakery: Cultural Spectacles of the Extraordinary Body

by Rosemarie Garland-Thomson

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A groundbreaking anthology that probes the disposition towards the visually different

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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0814782221

ISBN13:9780814782224

Release Date:October 1996

Publisher:New York University Press

Length:418 Pages

Weight:2.25 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.2" x 9.1"

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