Canadian carnival freaks and the extraordinary body, 1900-1970s /

Canadian carnival freaks and the extraordinary body, 1900-1970s /

"In 1973, a five year old girl known as Pookie was exhibited as "The Monkey Girl" at the Canadian National Exhibition. Pookie was the last of a number of children exhibited as 'freaks' in twentieth-century Canada. Jane Nicholas takes us on a search for answers about how and...

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Main Author: Nicholas, Jane, 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2017.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Freak shows > Canada > History > 20th century.
Sideshows > Canada > History > 20th century.
Carnivals > Canada > History > 20th century.
Entertainers > Canada > History > 20th century.
Freak shows > Social aspects > Canada > History > 20th century.
Sideshows > Social aspects > Canada > History > 20th century.
Carnivals > Social aspects > Canada > History > 20th century.
Entertainers > Canada > Social conditions > 20th century.
History.
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