Staging Stigma - M. Chemers

Staging Stigma

A Critical Examination of the American Freak Show

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
182 Seiten
2008
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-230-61066-8 (ISBN)
106,99 inkl. MwSt
Staging Stigma is a captivating excursion into the bizarre world of the American freak show. Grounded in meticulous historical research and cultural criticism, Chemers analysis reveals untold stories of freaks that will change the way we understand both performance and disability in America.
Staging Stigma is a captivating excursion into the bizarre world of the American freak show. Chemers critically examines several key moments of a performance tradition in which the truth is often stranger than the fiction. Grounded in meticulous historical research and cultural criticism, Chemers analysis reveals untold stories of freaks that will change the way we understand both performance and disability in America. This book is a must-have for serious students of freakery or anyone who is curious about the hidden side of American theatrical history.

MICHAEL MARK CHEMERS is Assistant Professor of Dramatic Literature, Carnegie Mellon University, USA.

Foreword Introduction: The Ugly Word Staging Stigma Prurience and Propriety Enlightenment and Wonder Pathology and Prodigy Exploitation and Transgression Conclusion: God's Own Artwork

Erscheint lt. Verlag 16.12.2008
Reihe/Serie Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
Zusatzinfo XIV, 182 p.
Verlagsort Basingstoke
Sprache englisch
Maße 140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Theater / Ballett
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport Tanzen / Tanzsport
Naturwissenschaften
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Sozialpädagogik
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Staat / Verwaltung
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10 0-230-61066-8 / 0230610668
ISBN-13 978-0-230-61066-8 / 9780230610668
Zustand Neuware
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