Dialogue with a Nonbeliever: About Science and the Limits of Knowledge, the Big Bang and Evolution, Ancient Christianity & Modern Heterodoxy, Vasiliu Bogdan-John

Автор: Bogdan
Название: Freak Show
ISBN: 0226063127 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780226063126
Издательство: Wiley
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Описание: From 1840 until 1940, freak shows by the hundreds crisscrossed the United States, from the smallest towns to the largest cities, exhibiting their casts of dwarfs, giants, Siamese twins, bearded ladies, savages, snake charmers, fire eaters, and other oddities. By today's standards such displays would be considered cruel and exploitative-the pornography of disability. Yet for one hundred years the freak show was widely accepted as one of America's most popular forms of entertainment.
Robert Bogdan's fascinating social history brings to life the world of the freak show and explores the culture that nurtured and, later, abandoned it. In uncovering this neglected chapter of show business, he describes in detail the flimflam artistry behind the shows, the promoters and the audiences, and the gradual evolution of public opinion from awe to embarrassment. Freaks were not born, Bogdan reveals; they were manufactured by the amusement world, usually with the active participation of the freaks themselves. Many of the "human curiosities" found fame and fortune, becoming the celebrities of their time, until the ascent of professional medicine transformed them from marvels into pathological specimans.

Автор: Vasiliu Alexandra
Название: Blooming: Poems on Love, Self-Discovery, and Femininity
ISBN: 1799121372 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781799121374
Издательство: Неизвестно
Цена: 2464.00 р.
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Blooming is a contemporary poetry collection that examines the themes of femininity and self-discovery, as well as the beauty of love and healing through affection.
Divided into three chapters titled, seeding, growing, and blooming, the book is a metaphor for the deep feelings that grow from tiny seeds and blossom into beautiful flowers.
These poems were written for blooming and gentle hearts, meant to inspire and encourage.
Enjoy this poetry treasure and let yourself bloom.

*The paperback contains black-and-white illustrations.

Автор: Bogdan, Mary
Название: Simsian
ISBN: 1456777025 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781456777029
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