Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction / Exhibiting Freaks 1
6. 1 / Monstrosity, Masculinity, and Medicine: Reexamining “the Elephant Man” 33
7. 2 / Two Bodies, Two Selves, Two Sexes: Conjoined Twins and “the Double-Bodied Hindoo Boy” 58
8. 3 / The Missing Link and the Hairy Belle: Evolution, Imperialism, and “Primitive” Sexuality 89
9. 4 / Aztecs and Earthmen: Declining Civilizations and Dying Races 115
10. 5 / “When the Cannibal King Began to Talk”: Performing Race, Class, and Ethnicity 147
11. Conclusion / The Decline of the Freak Show 171
12. Notes 185
13. Bibliography 235
14. Index 265