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Freak shows, she contends, have survived because of their capacity for reinvention. Empty of any inherent meaning, the freak's body becomes a stage for playing out some of the twentieth century's most pressing social and political concerns, from debates about race, empire, and imagination, to anxiety about gender and controversies over taste and public standards of decency.
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| Author | Rachel Adams |
|---|---|
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
| Page Count | 289pp |
| Publication Size | 6 x 8.75 |
| Publication Notes | softcover |
| Publication Date | 2001 |
| ISBN | 978-0226005393 |
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