| Freak Shows and the Modern American Imagination: Constructing the Damaged Body from Willa Cather to Truman Capote 2006 Edition Contributor(s): Fahy, T. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0230120989 ISBN-13: 9780230120983 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 813.509 |
| Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.55 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |