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273 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780520257689
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 01 October 2009
Description
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 ...
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273 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780520257689
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 01 October 2009
Description
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 ...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings