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Neo-Victorian Freakery: The Cultural Afterlife of the Victorian Freak Show
NeoVictorian Freakery The Cultural Afterlife of the Victorian Freak Show
Author: Helen Davies
What is the enduring appeal of Victorian freak show performers in contemporary culture? What can the exhibition of people with extraordinary bodies in the nineteenth century tell us about our own attitudes towards physical difference? Does neo-Victorian fiction and film seek to challenge the exploitation of freak show performers, or does it perp...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781137402554
ISBN-10: 1137402555
Publication Date: 9/8/2015
Pages: 246
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Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Book Type: Hardcover
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