Professional Savages: Captive Lives and Western Spectacle

by Roslyn Poignant

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In August 1882 the circus impresario P. T. Barnum called for examples of "all the uncivilized races in existence." In response, the showman R. A. Cunningham shipped two groups of Australian Aborigines to the United States. They were displayed as "cannibals" in circuses, dime museums, fairgrounds, and other showplaces in America and Europe and examined and photographed by anthropologists.

Roslyn Poignant tells the fascinating and often searing...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0300208472

ISBN13:9780300208474

Release Date:January 2014

Publisher:Yale University Press

Length:320 Pages

Weight:1.22 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 7.5" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

Americas Australia Australia & Oceania Cultural Ethnic Studies History Humor & Entertainment Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Native American New Zealand Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics

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