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    Canadian Carnival Freaks and the Extraordinary Body, 1900-1970s

Canadian Carnival Freaks and the Extraordinary Body, 1900-1970s

Jane Nicholas
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      In 1973, a five year old girl known as Pookie was exhibited as "The Monkey Girl" at the Canadian National Exhibition. Pookie was the last of a number of children exhibited as 'freaks' in twentieth-century Canada. Jane Nicholas takes us on a search for answers about how and why the freak show persisted into the 1970s. In Canadian Carnival Freaks and the Extraordinary Body, 1900-1970s, Nicholas offers a sophisticated analysis of the place of the freak show in twentieth-century culture. Freak shows survived and thrived because of their flexible business model, government support, and by mobilizing cultural and medical ideas of the body and normalcy. This book is the first full length study of the freak show in Canada and is a significant contribution to our understanding of the history of Canadian popular culture, attitudes toward children, and the social construction of able-bodiness. Based on an impressive research foundation, the book will be of particular interest to anyone interested in the history of disability, the history of childhood, and the history of consumer culture.
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Jane Nicholas EAN: 9781487522087 COUNTRY: Canada PAGES: WEIGHT: 480 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: University of Toronto Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2018-04-12 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Canada / General, HISTORY / Women, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Canada, Gender studies, gender groups, History of the Americas

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      Jane Nicholas is an associate professor in the Department of History and Department of Sexuality, Marriage, and Family Studies at the University of Waterloo.
      In 1973, a five year old girl known as Pookie was exhibited as "The Monkey Girl" at the Canadian National Exhibition. Pookie was the last of a number of children exhibited as 'freaks' in twentieth-century Canada. Jane Nicholas takes us on a search for answers about how and why the freak show persisted into the 1970s. In Canadian Carnival Freaks and the Extraordinary Body, 1900-1970s, Nicholas offers a sophisticated analysis of the place of the freak show in twentieth-century culture. Freak shows survived and thrived because of their flexible business model, government support, and by mobilizing cultural and medical ideas of the body and normalcy. This book is the first full length study of the freak show in Canada and is a significant contribution to our understanding of the history of Canadian popular culture, attitudes toward children, and the social construction of able-bodiness. Based on an impressive research foundation, the book will be of particular interest to anyone interested in the history of disability, the history of childhood, and the history of consumer culture.
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Jane Nicholas EAN: 9781487522087 COUNTRY: Canada PAGES: WEIGHT: 480 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: University of Toronto Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2018-04-12 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Canada / General, HISTORY / Women, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      Canada, Gender studies, gender groups, History of the Americas

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      Jane Nicholas is an associate professor in the Department of History and Department of Sexuality, Marriage, and Family Studies at the University of Waterloo.

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