Freak shows and the modern american imagination: constructing the damaged body from willa cather to truman capote
Auteur :
Fahy, T.
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9780230120983
Date de publication :
7 déc. 2011
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book examines the artistic use of freak shows between 1900-1950. During this period, the freak show shifted from a highly popular and profitable form of entertainment to a reviled one. But why? And how does this response reflect larger social changes in the United States at the time? Fahy examines this change and how artists responded.