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The many worlds of circus / edited by Robert Sugarman.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Circus--History--Congresses.
- Circus.
- Circus--Social aspects--Congresses.
- Circus performers--History--Congresses.
- Circus performers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (247 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle, U.K. : Cambridge Scholars Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Acrobats and manipulators of objects, trained animals, and clowns - have been performing throughout history. In the eighteenth century, the invention of the circus ring provided a focus for the activities, and the modern circus was born. Once the circus
- Contents:
- pt.I. Spectacles
- pt. II. Race, gender, difference
- pt. III. History
- pt. IV. The dark side
- pt. V. Circus in the arts and the media
- pt. VI. Perspectives.
- Notes:
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- "This volume contains papers presented at the annual conferences of the Popular Culture Association."--P. x.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-33432-8
- 9786612334320
- 1-4438-1177-7
- OCLC:
- 124069999
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