Victorian Freaks: The Social Context of Freakery in Britain

by Marlene Tromp and Karyn Valerius

Book Overview

While "freaks" have captivated our imagination since well before the nineteenth century, the Victorians flocked to shows featuring dancing dwarves, bearded ladies, "missing links," and six-legged sheep. Indeed, this period has been described by Rosemarie Garland-Thomson as the epoch of "consolidation" for freakery: an era of social change, enormously popular freak shows, and taxonomic frenzy. Victorian Freaks: The Social Context of Freakery in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081425246X
• ISBN13: 9780814252468
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Ohio State University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"