Canadian Carnival Freaks and the Extraordinary Body, 1900-1970s

In 1973, a five year old girl known as Pookie was exhibited as "The Monkey Girl" at the Canadian National Exhibition. Pookie was the last of a number of children exhibited as 'freaks' in twentieth-century Canada.Jane Nicholas takes us on a search for answers about how and why the freak show persisted into the 1970s. In Canadian Carnival Freaks and the Extraordinary Body, 1900–1970s, Nicholas offers a sophisticated analysis of the place of the fre...

By Jane Nicholas
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division (April 12, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1487522088
ISBN-13: 978-1487522087
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.9 x 9 inches
Amazon Rank: 8658204
Format: PDF Text TXT book

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This is an interesting look at carnivals and side shows and the personalities that worked there. The book follows the rise and decline of this entertainment in Canada. Some parts of the book were interesting but some of it was also dry and repetitiv

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