Spectacle of Deformity: Freak Shows and Modern British Culture

by Nadja Durbach

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In 1847, during the great age of the freak show, the British periodical Punch bemoaned the public's "prevailing taste for deformity." This vividly detailed 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. Nadja Durbach examines freaks both well-known and obscure including the Elephant Man;...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0520257685

ISBN13:9780520257689

Release Date:October 2009

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:288 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"

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