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Freak Shows and the Modern American Imagination

Constructing the Damaged Body from Willa Cather to Truman Capote
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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.

Author Biography:

THOMAS FAHY currently teaches for the English Department at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is the author of numerous articles, a monograph on Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez, and a novel, Night Visions (2004). He has also edited several collections, including Death, Sexuality, and the American Dream in the Works of Alan Ball (2006), Considering Aaron Sorkin (2005), and Peering Behind the Curtain: Disability, Illness and the Extraordinary Body in Contemporary Theater (2002).
Release date Australia
October 27th, 2006
Author
Audiences
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Undergraduate
Illustrations
X, 192 p.
Pages
192
Dimensions
140x216x16
ISBN-13
9781403974037
Product ID
2045398

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