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5 produkter
Theaters of Madness
Insane Asylums and Nineteenth-Century American Culture
Häftad, 2008
361 kr
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In the mid-1800s a utopian movement to rehabilitate the insane resulted in a wave of publicly funded asylums - many of which became unexpected centers of cultural activity. Housed in magnificent structures with lush grounds, patients participated in theatrical programs, debating societies, literary …
Theaters of Madness
Insane Asylums and Nineteenth-Century American Culture
E-bok, 2008
872 kr
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In the mid-1800s, a utopian movement to rehabilitate the insane resulted in a wave of publicly funded asylums—many of which became unexpected centers of cultural activity. Housed in magnificent structures with lush grounds, patients participated in theatrical programs, debating societies, literary …
Showman and the Slave
Race, Death, and Memory in Barnum’s America
Häftad, 2010
325 kr
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In this compelling story about one of the nineteenth century's most famous Americans, Benjamin Reiss uses P. T. Barnum's Joice Heth hoax to examine the contours of race relations in the antebellum North. Barnum's first exhibit as a showman, Heth was an elderly enslaved woman who was said to be the …
Keywords for Disability Studies
Av Rachel Adams, Benjamin Reiss m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
355 kr
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Introduces key terms, concepts, debates, and histories for Disability StudiesKeywords for Disability Studies aims to broaden and define the conceptual framework of disability studies for readers and practitioners in the field and beyond. The volume engages some of the most pressing debates of our …
Keywords for Disability Studies
Av Rachel Adams, Benjamin Reiss m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
932 kr
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Introduces key terms, concepts, debates, and histories for Disability StudiesKeywords for Disability Studies aims to broaden and define the conceptual framework of disability studies for readers and practitioners in the field and beyond. The volume engages some of the most pressing debates of our …
