Spectacle of Deformity: Freak Shows and Modern British Culture
Nadja Durbach explores freak shows as a significant feature of modern British culture. Through a study of public spectacle and bodily difference, this book considers how entertainment shaped social understandings of identity, normality, and difference, offering a focused cultural history of a controversial form of popular display.
About This Book
Spectacle of Deformity explores the place of freak shows in modern British culture.
Nadja Durbach considers how public displays of bodily difference operated as cultural spectacles and forms of entertainment.
The book examines what these performances reveal about changing ideas of identity, normality, and social difference.
Combining cultural and historical perspectives, it offers a focused study of freak shows and their significance in Britain.
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