Land of the hunger artists, the: science, spectacle and authority, c.1880–1922
Auteur :
Nieto-Galan, AgustÃ
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781009379588
Date de publication :
23 nov. 2023
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,5 x 1,9 cm
Poids :
590 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
From the 1880s to the 1920s, public performances of extreme fasting by caged hunger artists became a very popular source of entertainment. Agustà Nieto-Galan presents the history of this phenomenon as both urban spectacle and subject of scientific study and experiment.