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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Illustrations ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- Introduction / Exhibiting Freaks 1
- 1 / Monstrosity, Masculinity, and Medicine: Reexamining “the Elephant Man” 33
- 2 / Two Bodies, Two Selves, Two Sexes: Conjoined Twins and “the Double-Bodied Hindoo Boy” 58
- 3 / The Missing Link and the Hairy Belle: Evolution, Imperialism, and “Primitive” Sexuality 89
- 4 / Aztecs and Earthmen: Declining Civilizations and Dying Races 115
- 5 / “When the Cannibal King Began to Talk”: Performing Race, Class, and Ethnicity 147
- Conclusion / The Decline of the Freak Show 171
- Notes 185
- Bibliography 235
- Index 265
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Illustrations ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- Introduction / Exhibiting Freaks 1
- 1 / Monstrosity, Masculinity, and Medicine: Reexamining “the Elephant Man” 33
- 2 / Two Bodies, Two Selves, Two Sexes: Conjoined Twins and “the Double-Bodied Hindoo Boy” 58
- 3 / The Missing Link and the Hairy Belle: Evolution, Imperialism, and “Primitive” Sexuality 89
- 4 / Aztecs and Earthmen: Declining Civilizations and Dying Races 115
- 5 / “When the Cannibal King Began to Talk”: Performing Race, Class, and Ethnicity 147
- Conclusion / The Decline of the Freak Show 171
- Notes 185
- Bibliography 235
- Index 265
