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Canadian carnival freaks and the extraordinary body, 1900-1970s / Jane Nicholas.
LIBRA GV1835.56.C2 N53 2018
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nicholas, Jane, 1977- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Freak shows--Canada--History--20th century.
- Freak shows.
- Sideshows--Canada--History--20th century.
- Sideshows.
- Carnivals--Canada--History--20th century.
- Carnivals.
- Entertainers--Canada--History--20th century.
- Entertainers.
- Freak shows--Social aspects--Canada--History--20th century.
- Sideshows--Social aspects--Canada--History--20th century.
- Carnivals--Social aspects--Canada--History--20th century.
- Entertainers--Canada--Social conditions--20th century.
- Social conditions.
- Social aspects.
- History.
- Canada.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 300 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- "In 1973, a five year old girl known as Pookie was exhibited as "The Monkey Girl" at the Canadian National Exhibition. Pookie was the last of a number of children exhibited as 'freaks' in twentieth-century Canada. Jane Nicholas takes us on a search for answers about how and why the freak show persisted into the 1970s. In Canadian Carnival Freaks and the Extraordinary Body, 1900-1970s, Nicholas offers a sophisticated analysis of the place of the freak show in twentieth-century culture. Freak shows survived and thrived because of their flexible business model, government support, and by mobilizing cultural and medical ideas of the body and normalcy. This book is the first full length study of the freak show in Canada and is a significant contribution to our understanding of the history of Canadian popular culture, attitudes toward children, and the social construction of able-bodiness. Based on an impressive research foundation, the book will be of particular interest to anyone interested in the history of disability, the history of childhood, and the history of consumer culture."-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-282) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781487502652
- 1487502656
- 9781487522087
- 1487522088
- OCLC:
- 1035216901
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