Freakery (32 items)

NYU Press. Used - Acceptable. Paperback 100% of proceeds go to charity! Acceptable reading copy with obvious signs of use, wear, and/or cosmetic issues. Item is complete and remains readable despite notable condition issues.

NYU Press, 1996-10-01. First Edition. paperback. Used: Good. 6.27x1.05x9.46. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy.

NYU Press, 1996. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy. A groundbreaking anthology that probes the disposition towards the visually different Giants. Midgets. Tribal non-Westerners. The very fat. The very thin. Hermaphrodites. Conjoined twins. The disabled. The very hirsute. In American history, all have shared the platform equally, as freaks, human oddities, their only commonality their assigned role of anomalous other to the gathered throngs. For the price of a ticket, freak shows offered spectators an icon of bodily otherness whose difference from them secured their own membership in a common American identity--by comparison ordinary, tractable, normal. Rosemarie Thomson's groundbreaking anthology probes America's disposition toward the visually different. The book's essays fall into four main categories: historical explorations of American freak shows in the era of P.T. Barnum; the articulation of the freak in literary and textual discourses; contemporary relocations of freak shows; and… Read more

NYU Press, 1996-10-01. First Edition. paperback. New. 6.27x1.05x9.46. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy.

New York. : New York University Press., 1996.. Reprint. . Soft cover. . Fine copy. . Folio. . Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.

like new.

NYU Press, 1996. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Library sticker on front cover.Water damage. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,900grams, ISBN:9780814782224

new.

pb. New. Brand New. Ships from an indie bookstore in NYC.

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Ohio State University Press. Used - Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Giants. Midgets. Tribal non-Westerners. The very fat. The very thin. Hermaphrodites. Conjoined twins. The disabled. The very hirsute. In American history, all have shared the platform equally, as freaks, human oddities, their only commo

new.

Paperback / softback. New.

Columbia OH: Ohio State University Press, 2008. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 368 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to corners. While “freaks” have captivated our imagination since well before the nineteenth century, the Victorians flocked to shows featuring dancing dwarves, bearded ladies, “missing links,” and six-legged sheep. Indeed, this period has been described by Rosemarie Garland-Thomson as the epoch of “consolidation” for freakery: an era of social change, enormously popular freak shows, and taxonomic frenzy. Victorian Freaks: The Social Context of Freakery in Britain, edited by Marlene Tromp, turns to that rich nexus, examining the struggle over definitions of “freakery” and the unstable and sometimes conflicting ways in which freakery was understood and deployed. As the first study centralizing British culture, this collection discusses figures as varied as Joseph Merrick, “The Elephant Man”; Daniel Lambert, “King of… Read more

Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:9781137402554

New York University Press NYU Press , pp. 418 . Papeback. New.

Paperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; While "freaks" have captivated our imagination since well before the nineteenth century, the Victorians flocked to shows featuring dancing dwarves, bearded ladies, "missing links," and six-legged sheep. Indeed, this period has been des

Paperback / softback. New.