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The Spectacle of Deformity: Freak Shows and Modern British Culture Book

In 1847 during the great age of the freak show the British periodical Punch bemoaned the public's 'prevailing taste for deformity'. This 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.Read More

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  • Blackwell

    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...

  • 0520257685
  • 9780520257689
  • N Durbach
  • 30 October 2009
  • University of California Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 288
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