Canadian Carnival Freaks and the Extraordinary Body, 1900-1970s
Title | Canadian Carnival Freaks and the Extraordinary Body, 1900-1970s PDF eBook |
Author | Jane Nicholas |
Publisher | University of Toronto Press |
Pages | 315 |
Release | 2018-01-01 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1487522088 |
In Canadian Carnival Freaks and the Extraordinary Body, 1900-1970s, Nicholas offers a sophisticated analysis of the place of the freak show in twentieth-century culture
Canadian Carnival Freaks and the Extraordinary Body, 1900-1970s
Title | Canadian Carnival Freaks and the Extraordinary Body, 1900-1970s PDF eBook |
Author | Jane Nicholas |
Publisher | University of Toronto Press |
Pages | 315 |
Release | 2018-05-04 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1487515758 |
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 why the freak show persisted into the 1970s. In Canadian Carnival Freaks and the Extraordinary Body, 1900–1970s, Nicholas offers a sophisticated analysis of the place of the freak show in twentieth-century culture. Freak shows survived and thrived because of their flexible business model, government support, and by mobilizing cultural and medical ideas of the body and normalcy. This book is the first full length study of the freak show in Canada and is a significant contribution to our understanding of the history of Canadian popular culture, attitudes toward children, and the social construction of able-bodiness. Based on an impressive research foundation, the book will be of particular interest to anyone interested in the history of disability, the history of childhood, and the history of consumer culture.
No Pity
Title | No Pity PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph P. Shapiro |
Publisher | Crown |
Pages | 397 |
Release | 2011-06-22 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0307798321 |
“A sensitive look at the social and political barriers that deny disabled people their most basic civil rights.”—The Washington Post “The primer for a revolution.”—The Chicago Tribune “Nondisabled Americans do not understand disabled ones. This book attempts to explain, to nondisabled people as well as to many disabled ones, how the world and self-perceptions of disabled people are changing. It looks at the rise of what is called the disability rights movement—the new thinking by disabled people that there is no pity or tragedy in disability and that it is society’s myths, fears, and stereotypes that most make being disabled difficult.”—from the Introduction
The Cambridge Companion to the Circus
Title | The Cambridge Companion to the Circus PDF eBook |
Author | Gillian Arrighi |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 329 |
Release | 2021-07 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1108485162 |
An authoritative introduction to the specialised histories of the modern circus, its unique aesthetics, and its contemporary manifestations and scholarship, from its origins in commercial equestrian performance, to contemporary inflections of circus arts in major international festivals, educational environments, and social justice settings.
Disability in German-Speaking Europe
Title | Disability in German-Speaking Europe PDF eBook |
Author | Linda Leskau |
Publisher | Boydell & Brewer |
Pages | 259 |
Release | 2022 |
Genre | Discrimination against people with disabilities |
ISBN | 1640141081 |
This collection reflects on the development of disability studies in German-speaking Europe and brings together interdisciplinary perspectives on disability in German, Austrian, and Swiss history and culture.
How Canadians Communicate V
Title | How Canadians Communicate V PDF eBook |
Author | David Taras |
Publisher | Athabasca University Press |
Pages | 395 |
Release | 2016-03-15 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1771990074 |
Fewer Canadians than ever are lacing up skates, swimming lengths at the pool, practicing their curve ball, and experiencing the thrill of competition. However, despite a decline in active participation, Canadians spend enormous amounts of time and money on sports, as fans and followers of sporting events and sports culture. Never has media coverage of sports been more exhaustive, and never has it been more driven by commercial interests and the need to fuel consumerism, on which corporate profits depend. But the power plays now occurring in the arena of sports are by no means solely a matter of money. At issue as well in the media capture of sports are the values that inform our daily lives, the physical and emotional health of the population, and the symbols so long central to a sense of Canadian identity. Writing from a variety of perspectives, the contributors to this collection set out to explore the impact of the media on our reception of, and attitudes toward, sports—to unpack the meanings that sports have for us as citizens and consumers. Some contributors probe the function of sports as spectacle—the escalation of violence, controversies over drug use, and the media’s coverage of tragic deaths—while others shed light on the way in which the media serve to transform sports into a vehicle for the expression of identity and nationalism. The goal is not to score points but to prompt critical discussion of why sports matter in Canadian life and culture and how they contribute to the construction of identity.
Icon, Brand, Myth
Title | Icon, Brand, Myth PDF eBook |
Author | Maxwell Foran |
Publisher | Athabasca University Press |
Pages | 368 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1897425058 |
This book investigates the meanings and iconography of the Stampede: an invented tradition that takes over the city of Calgary for ten days every July. Since 1912, archetypal "Cowboys and Indians" are seen again at the chuckwagon races, on the midway, and throughout Calgary. Each essay in this collection examines a facet of the experience – from the images on advertising posters to the ritual of the annual parade. This study of the Calgary Stampede as a social phenomenon reveals the history and sociology of the city of Calgary and a component of the social construction of identity for western Canada as a whole.