Exploring the Cultural History of Continental European Freak Shows and 'Enfreakment'
Kerchy, Anna.
Exploring the Cultural History of Continental European Freak Shows and 'Enfreakment' - Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012. - 1 online resource (297 pages) -
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents; introduction; leprous bodies and abject charity; missionaries, monsters, and the demon show; frontier girl goes feral in eighteenth century france; the diderot freak show; spectacular medical freakery; monstrous bodies in rudolf virchow's medical collection in nineteenth century germany; enfreakment and german medical collections; normalizing bodily difference in autobiographical narratives of the central european armless wonders carl hermann unthan and františek filip; "tiny artists from the big world"; from showbiz to the concentration camp; the freaks of chernobyl. On grace and disabilitylonging for endor; contributors; index.
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 ...
English.
9781443846424 (electronic bk.) 1443846422 (electronic bk.)
101597756 DNLM 016186546 Uk
Civilization--History.
Curiosities and wonders--History.--Europe
Freak shows--History.--Europe
Curiosity.
Exploratory Behavior
Congenital Abnormalities--history
Cultural Characteristics--history
Leisure Activities--psychology
Civilisation--Histoire.
Curiosités et merveilles--Histoire.--Europe
Exhibitions de monstres--Histoire.--Europe
Curiosité.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Popular Culture.
Civilization.
Curiosities and wonders.
Freak shows.
Europe.
Europe
Europe.
Europe.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
D1056
306.094
2012 J-350 BF 323.C8
Exploring the Cultural History of Continental European Freak Shows and 'Enfreakment' - Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012. - 1 online resource (297 pages) -
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents; introduction; leprous bodies and abject charity; missionaries, monsters, and the demon show; frontier girl goes feral in eighteenth century france; the diderot freak show; spectacular medical freakery; monstrous bodies in rudolf virchow's medical collection in nineteenth century germany; enfreakment and german medical collections; normalizing bodily difference in autobiographical narratives of the central european armless wonders carl hermann unthan and františek filip; "tiny artists from the big world"; from showbiz to the concentration camp; the freaks of chernobyl. On grace and disabilitylonging for endor; contributors; index.
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 ...
English.
9781443846424 (electronic bk.) 1443846422 (electronic bk.)
101597756 DNLM 016186546 Uk
Civilization--History.
Curiosities and wonders--History.--Europe
Freak shows--History.--Europe
Curiosity.
Exploratory Behavior
Congenital Abnormalities--history
Cultural Characteristics--history
Leisure Activities--psychology
Civilisation--Histoire.
Curiosités et merveilles--Histoire.--Europe
Exhibitions de monstres--Histoire.--Europe
Curiosité.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Popular Culture.
Civilization.
Curiosities and wonders.
Freak shows.
Europe.
Europe
Europe.
Europe.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
D1056
306.094
2012 J-350 BF 323.C8