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.
| ISBN: | 9780230120983 |
| Publication date: | 7th December 2011 |
| Author: | Thomas Richard Fahy |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 200 pages |
| Series: | American Literature Readings in the 21st Century |
| Genres: |
Literature: history and criticism Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Cultural studies Social and cultural anthropology History of the Americas Literary theory |