"The spectacle of deformity : freak shows and modern British culture" . . "Spectacle of deformity : freak shows and modern British culture" . . . . . . . . . . . "Livres électroniques" . . . . . . "The spectacle of deformity freak shows and modern British culture" . . . "Spectacle of deformity freak shows and modern British culture" . "Spectacle of deformity freak shows and modern British culture"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books" . . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . "In 1847, during the great age of the freak show, the British periodical Punch bemoaned the public's \"prevailing taste for deformity.\" This vividly detailed work argues that far from being purely exploitative, displays of anomalous bodies served a deeper social purpose as they generated popular and scientific debates over the meanings attached to bodily difference. Nadja Durbach examines freaks both well-known and obscure including the Elephant Man; \"Lalloo, the Double-Bodied Hindoo Boy,\" a set of conjoined twins advertised as half male, half female; Krao, a seven-year-old hairy Laotian girl wh."@en . . . . . "History"@en . "History" . . . . . . . . "Corps humain Aspect social Grande-Bretagne 19e siècle." . . "Freak shows Great Britain History 19th century." . . "Abnormalities, Human." . . "Abnormalities, Human" . . . "HISTORY Europe General." . . "Human body Social aspects Great Britain History 19th century." . . "History, 19th Century Great Britain." . . "Körperliche Entstellung." . . "Show." . . "Cuerpo humano Aspectos sociales Gran Bretaña Historia Siglo XIX." . . "Abnormalities, Human Great Britain History 19th century." . . "PERFORMING ARTS Circus." . . "Anormalidades humanas Aspectos sociales Gran Betraña Historia Siglo XIX." . . "Geburtsfehler." . . "Freak shows." . . "Freak shows" . "Human body Social aspects." . . "Human body Social aspects" . "Missbildung." . . "Völkerkundliche Schaustellung." . . "Geschichte 1800-1900" . . "Geschichte 1800-1900." . "Congenital Abnormalities Great Britain History." . . "Großbritannien." . . "Great Britain." . . "Great Britain" . "1800 - 1899" . .