Wonder shows : performing science, magic, and religion in America / Fred Nadis.

By:

Nadis, Fred, 1957- [author.]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0813541212
9780813541211
081353898X
9780813538983

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Wonder shows.DDC classification:

791.1 22

LOC classification:

Q225 .N335 2005eb

Other classification:

TB 2380

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Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Introduction : beyond the z-ray -- Ch. 1 electric wonder show -- Ch. 2 techno-wizard -- Ch. 3 hypnotist -- Ch. 4 magician -- Ch. 5 mind reader -- Ch. 6 missionaries -- Ch. 7 Flying saucers.

Summary: "In Wonder Shows, Fred Nadis offers a colorful history of traveling magicians, inventors, popular science lecturers, and other presenters of "miracle science" who revealed science and technology to the public in awe-inspiring fashion. The book provides an innovative synthesis of the history of performance with a wider study of culture, science, and religion from the antebellum period to the present." "Although most recent defenders of science are prone to reject wonder, considering it an ally of ignorance and superstition, Wonder Shows demonstrates that the public's passion for magic and meaning is still very much alive. Today, sales continue to be made and allegiances won based on illusions that products are unique, singular, and at best, miraculous. Nadis establishes that contemporary showmen, corporate publicists, advertisers, and popular science lecturers are not that unlike the magicians and mesmerists of years ago."--Jacket.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

"In Wonder Shows, Fred Nadis offers a colorful history of traveling magicians, inventors, popular science lecturers, and other presenters of "miracle science" who revealed science and technology to the public in awe-inspiring fashion. The book provides an innovative synthesis of the history of performance with a wider study of culture, science, and religion from the antebellum period to the present." "Although most recent defenders of science are prone to reject wonder, considering it an ally of ignorance and superstition, Wonder Shows demonstrates that the public's passion for magic and meaning is still very much alive. Today, sales continue to be made and allegiances won based on illusions that products are unique, singular, and at best, miraculous. Nadis establishes that contemporary showmen, corporate publicists, advertisers, and popular science lecturers are not that unlike the magicians and mesmerists of years ago."--Jacket.

In English.

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