Freak Show

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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022622743X
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (262 download)

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Book Synopsis Freak Show by : Robert Bogdan

Download or read book Freak Show written by Robert Bogdan and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-12-10 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This cultural history of the travelling freak show in America chronicles the rise and fall of the industry as attitudes about disability evolved. From 1840 until 1940, hundreds of freak shows crisscrossed the United States, from the smallest towns to the largest cities, exhibiting their casts of dwarfs, giants, Siamese twins, bearded ladies, savages, snake charmers, fire eaters, and other oddities. By today’s standards such displays would be considered cruel and exploitative—the pornography of disability. Yet for one hundred years the freak show was widely accepted as one of America’s most popular forms of entertainment. Robert Bogdan’s fascinating social history brings to life the world of the freak show and explores the culture that nurtured and, later, abandoned it. In uncovering this neglected chapter of show business, he describes in detail the flimflam artistry behind the shows, the promoters and the audiences, and the gradual evolution of public opinion from awe to embarrassment. Freaks were not born, Bogdan reveals; they were manufactured by the amusement world, usually with the active participation of the freaks themselves. Many of the "human curiosities" found fame and fortune, until the ascent of professional medicine transformed them from marvels into pathological specimens.

Truevine

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Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316337560
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (163 download)

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Book Synopsis Truevine by : Beth Macy

Download or read book Truevine written by Beth Macy and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER The true story of two African-American brothers who were kidnapped and displayed as circus freaks, and whose mother endured a 28-year struggle to get them back. The year was 1899 and the place a sweltering tobacco farm in the Jim Crow South town of Truevine, Virginia. George and Willie Muse were two little boys born to a sharecropper family. One day a white man offered them a piece of candy, setting off events that would take them around the world and change their lives forever. Captured into the circus, the Muse brothers performed for royalty at Buckingham Palace and headlined over a dozen sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden. They were global superstars in a pre-broadcast era. But the very root of their success was in the color of their skin and in the outrageous caricatures they were forced to assume: supposed cannibals, sheep-headed freaks, even "Ambassadors from Mars." Back home, their mother never accepted that they were "gone" and spent 28 years trying to get them back. Through hundreds of interviews and decades of research, Beth Macy expertly explores a central and difficult question: Where were the brothers better off? On the world stage as stars or in poverty at home? TRUEVINE is a compelling narrative rich in historical detail and rife with implications to race relations today.

Africans on Stage

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Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253212450
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (124 download)

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Book Synopsis Africans on Stage by : Bernth Lindfors

Download or read book Africans on Stage written by Bernth Lindfors and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ethnological show business has a very long history in Europe. It became increasingly common after advances in navigational technology put Europeans in touch with human communities all over the globe.In the 19th and 20th centuries some of the most interesting individuals and groups exhibited in Europe and America came from Africa. What did the average spectator think of such representatives from the "Dark Continent"? If the display was a dramatic one -- that is, if the Africans sang, danced or acted out events -- what opinions did observers form of them as performers and as human beings? How was the spectacle staged, and who organized and managed the show? How authentic were these performances? Where did the performers actually come from? What notions about Africa and Africans were these exhibitions meant to convey?Africans on Stage is a book about how these three groups -- players, promoters, and spectators -- helped to shape European and American perceptions of Africans. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

White-ear and Peter

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (333 download)

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Book Synopsis White-ear and Peter by : Neils Heiberg

Download or read book White-ear and Peter written by Neils Heiberg and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Slouching Towards Kalamazoo

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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022614920X
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)

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Book Synopsis Slouching Towards Kalamazoo by : Peter De Vries

Download or read book Slouching Towards Kalamazoo written by Peter De Vries and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-08-30 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic American coming of age novel of a precocious young man and the lessons learned from his tutor by “a masterly entertainer and social satirist” (The New York Times). It is 1963 in an unnamed town in North Dakota, and Anthony Thrasher is languishing for a second year in eighth grade. Prematurely sophisticated, young Anthony spends too much time reading Joyce, Eliot, and Dylan Thomas but not enough time studying the War of 1812 or obtuse triangles. A tutor is hired, and this "modern Hester Prynne" offers Anthony lessons that ultimately free him from eighth grade and situate her on the cusp of the American sexual revolution. In Slouching Towards Kalamazoo, Peter De Vries finds the perfect vehicle for his eridute wit in Anthony’s restless adolescent voice. Demonstrating a fascination with both language and female anatomy, Anthony’s pitch-perfect narration propels this satirical coming of age tale through theological debates and quandaries both dermatological and ethical, while soaring on the De Vriesian hallmark of scrambling conventional wisdom for comic effect.

Autocad

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Publisher : ZENER
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Autocad written by ZENER and published by ZENER. This book was released on 2019-06-05 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed to Train Beginners with Zero knowledge in Autocad. It will Establish the basic Concept of Autocad.

Logo, Font & Lettering Bible

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Publisher : North Light Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Logo, Font & Lettering Bible by : Leslie Cabarga

Download or read book Logo, Font & Lettering Bible written by Leslie Cabarga and published by North Light Books. This book was released on 2004-02-15 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a hands-on guide to the entire process of making logos and fonts and even icons, all of which, essentially, start with the ability to draw letterforms. The intent of the book, in fact, is to enable the user to end reliance on "OPF" (other people's fonts) and learn to draw your own custom logos, fonts and lettering! Logo, Font & Lettering Bible is unique in that it teaches you how to create logos and fonts from scratch using traditional tools as well as the computer programs Adobe Illustrator and Fontographer (plus a bit about FontLab). The book provides all the traditional rules and tips about letter formation relating to proportion, shaping, balance, spacing, composition and actually teaches five different methods of drawing letters on computer using bezier curves. There has never been a book like this one that goes into so much detail about drawing letters and takes such a fun and irreverent approach while doing so. The book is also full of inspiration and analysis of tons of great examples of vintage and current lettering from old manuscripts to graffiti. Logo, Font & Lettering Bible also shows you how to create fancy drop shadows and other type effects. And finally, the last section provides straight talk on the business of being a logo and font designer, from advertising your work and pricing to dealing with difficult clients (aren't they all?).

Early African Entertainments Abroad

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Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
ISBN 13 : 0299301648
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (993 download)

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Book Synopsis Early African Entertainments Abroad by : Bernth Lindfors

Download or read book Early African Entertainments Abroad written by Bernth Lindfors and published by University of Wisconsin Pres. This book was released on 2014-11-25 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By exploring the representations of Africans in circuses, plays, and exhibits in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Britain and America, Bernth Lindfors reveals how these performances served to reinforce American and European prejudices.

The Great Dictionary English - Finnish

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Publisher : Benjamin Maximilian Eisenhauer
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 6161 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Dictionary English - Finnish written by Benjamin Maximilian Eisenhauer and published by Benjamin Maximilian Eisenhauer. This book was released on with total page 6161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary contains around 80,000 English terms with their Finnish translations, making it one of the most comprehensive books of its kind. It offers a wide vocabulary from all areas as well as numerous idioms. The terms are translated from English to Finnish. If you need translations from Finnish to English, then the companion volume The Great Dictionary Finnish - English is recommended.

Where the Roads All End

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Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0873654099
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (736 download)

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Book Synopsis Where the Roads All End by : Ilisa Barbash

Download or read book Where the Roads All End written by Ilisa Barbash and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where the Roads All End tells the remarkable story of an American family’s expeditions to the Kalahari Desert in the 1950s. Raytheon founder Laurence Marshall and his family recorded the lives of the last remaining hunter-gatherers, the so-called Bushmen, in what is now recognized as one of the most important anthropology ventures in Africa.

Bushmen

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108418260
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Book Synopsis Bushmen by : Alan Barnard

Download or read book Bushmen written by Alan Barnard and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-08 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive and fascinating account of all the major groups of southern African hunter-gatherers.

Horrible Histories Special: Wicked Words

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Publisher : Scholastic UK
ISBN 13 : 1407137212
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (71 download)

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Book Synopsis Horrible Histories Special: Wicked Words by : Terry Deary

Download or read book Horrible Histories Special: Wicked Words written by Terry Deary and published by Scholastic UK. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover why words rule in this wicked book of them! Find out why they say the pen is mightier than the sword! Terry Deary runs riot through the horrible history of the English language in a book to leave you (and your teacher) speechless.

Picturing Bushmen

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Picturing Bushmen by : Robert J. Gordon

Download or read book Picturing Bushmen written by Robert J. Gordon and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gordon (anthropology, U. of Vermont) describes the expedition 16 Denver businessmen sponsored to make their city famous by bringing back a man and women who represented the missing link between humans and the lower animals. He presents the photographs that were nearly the only result of the effort, and interprets what they were intended to portray to their creator and his audience. Paper edition (unseen), $24.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Metallurgy of Failure Analysis

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Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 9780070158047
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (58 download)

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Book Synopsis Metallurgy of Failure Analysis by : A. K. Das

Download or read book Metallurgy of Failure Analysis written by A. K. Das and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 1997 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By analyzing failures of both process and design, this book serves as a valuable reference for those working in the areas of quality assurance, design engineering, metallurgy and materials. There are remedial measures for corrosion, overload, fatigue and wear; and case studies of problems.

The Jewelers' Circular

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1124 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Clicko

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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226647420
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (266 download)

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Book Synopsis Clicko by : Neil Parsons

Download or read book Clicko written by Neil Parsons and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-12 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: Auckland Park, South Africa: Jacana Media, 2009.

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 792 pages
Book Rating : 4.U/5 (183 download)

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Download or read book Lippincott's Monthly Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: