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Jumping through hoops : performing gender in the nineteenth-century circus / Betsy Golden Kellem.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kellem, Betsy Golden, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women circus performers--United States--History--19th century.
- Women circus performers.
- Women circus performers--United States--Biography.
- Circus--United States--History--19th century.
- Circus.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (some color)
- Edition:
- First Feminist Press edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York City, NY : The Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2025.
- Contents:
- Introduction. Step right up!
- Media and sources in an era of connection
- Building the nineteenth-century big top
- Womanhood, real and true
- The queen of beauty and the armless wonder
- Women take flight
- Invisible girls and electric women
- Circassian beauties in the American sideshow
- The remarkable life of Millie-Christine Mckoy, the two-headed nightingale
- The splendor and terror of bearded ladies
- Ella Zoyara,"the Boy-Girl"
- New women join the circus
- Conclusion. Taming savage beasts.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 08, 2025).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Kellem, Betsy Golden. Jumping through hoops
- ISBN:
- 9781558613454
- 1558613455
- Publisher Number:
- 40032819501
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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