Weird and Wonderful: The Dime Museum in America Contributor(s): Dennett, Andrea Stulman (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814718868 ISBN-13: 9780814718865 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $26.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1997 Annotation: Dioramas and panoramas, freaks and magicians, waxworks and menageries, obscure relics and stuffed animals . . . a dazzling assortment of curiosities attracted the gaze of the 19th-century spectator at the dime museum. Author Andrea Stulman Dennett recaptures this ephemeral and scarcely documented institution of American culture from the margins of history. 24 illustrations. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Reference | Curiosities & Wonders - Social Science | Popular Culture - History | United States - General |
Dewey: 069.097 |
LCCN: 97004880 |
Physical Information: 0.58" H x 6.01" W x 8.98" (0.65 lbs) 214 pages |
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Publisher Description: Dioramas and panoramas, freaks and magicians, waxworks and menageries, obscure relics and stuffed animals--a dazzling assortment of curiosities attracted the gaze of the nineteenth-century spectator at the dime museum. This distinctly American phenomenon was unprecedented in both the diversity of its amusements and in its democratic appeal, with audiences traversing the boundaries of ethnicity, gender, and class. Andrea Stulman Dennett's Weird and Wonderful: The Dime Museum in America recaptures this ephemeral and scarcely documented institution of American culture from the margins of history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dennett, Andrea Stulman: - A teacher, actor, and director, Andrea Stulman Dennett received her Ph.D. in Performance Studies from New York University. She has written on many aspects of popular entertainment from television talk shows to disaster spectacles at the turn of the century. |