The circus age [electronic resource] : culture & society under the American big top / Janet M. Davis.
By: Davis, Janet M.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2002Description: xviii, 329 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Subject(s): Circus -- Social aspects -- United States | Circus -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 791.3/0973 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to viewItem type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-316) and index.
Circus day -- The circus as a historical and cultural process -- Spectacular labor -- Respectable female nudity -- From the king of beasts to clowns in drag -- Instruct the minds of all classes -- Legacies : from Las Vegas to the bridges of Madison County.
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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2008. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.