ISBN:
9781443846424
,
1443846422
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (297 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Kerchy, Anna Exploring the Cultural History of Continental European Freak Shows and 'Enfreakment'
DDC:
306.094
Keywords:
Civilization History
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Curiosities and wonders / Europe / History
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Freak shows / Europe / History
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Civilization History
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Curiosities and wonders History
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Freak shows History
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Exploratory Behavior
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Congenital Abnormalities history
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Cultural Characteristics history
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Leisure Activities psychology
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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Civilization
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Curiosities and wonders
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Freak shows
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History
;
Europe
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Europe
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Online-Publikation
Abstract:
This collection offers cultural historical analyses of enfreakment and freak shows, examining the social construction and spectacular display of wondrous, monstrous, or curious Otherness in the formerly relatively neglected region of Continental Europe. Forgotten stories are uncovered about freak-show celebrities, medical specimen, and philosophical fantasies presenting the anatomically unusual in a wide range of sites, including curiosity cabinets, anatomical museums, and traveling circus ac
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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