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Attribution
Thomas Fahy
Publication Details
Book, 1st ed, Palgrave Macmillan, 2006
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Description
Freak Shows and the Modern American Imagination examines the artistic use of freak shows between 1900 and 1950. The freak body in art not only reveals disturbing truths about early twentieth-century prejudices, but it also becomes a space for exploring the profound social impact of contemporary events such as the Great Migration, World War I, and the Great Depression. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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American fiction · 20th century · History and criticism · Body, Human, in literature · Abnormalities, Human, in literature · Abnormalities, Human, in art · Freak shows · United States · Fahy, Thomas Richard
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS374.B64 F34 2006 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS374.B64 F34 2006	AVAILABLE

Attribution
Robert Bogdan
Publication Details
Book, University of Chicago Press, 1988
Description
From 1840 until 1940, freak shows by the hundreds crisscrossed the United States, from the smallest towns to the largest cities, exhibiting their casts of dwarfs, giants, Siamese twins, bearded ladies, savages, snake charmers, fire eaters, and other oddities. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Carnivals · United States · History · Abnormalities, Human · Freak shows · Bogdan, Robert
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(LOWER LEVEL) GV1835 .B64 1988 DUE 05-11-10

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(LOWER LEVEL)	GV1835 .B64 1988	DUE 05-11-10