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Exploring the cultural history of continental European freak shows and 'enfreakment'
2012,2013
Overview
This collection offers cultural historical analyses of enfreakment and freak shows, examining the social construction and spectacular display of wondrous, monstrous, or curious Otherness in the formerly relatively neglected region of Continental Europe. Forgotten stories are uncovered about freak-show celebrities, medical specimen, and philosophical fantasies presenting the anatomically unusual in a wide range of sites, including curiosity cabinets, anatomical museums, and traveling circus ac.
Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Pub,Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Subject
ISBN
144384134X, 9781443841344
