The Circus Age : Culture & Society under the American Bip Top

The Circus Age : Culture & Society under the American Bip Top

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  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 384 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780807827246
  • DDC分類 791.30973

Full Description


This volume explores the development of the early 20th-century railroad circus against such broader historical developments as the rise of big business, the breakdown of separate spheres for men and women, and the genesis of the United States' overseas empire. It casts the circus as a powerful force in consolidating the nation's identity as a modern industrial society and world power. It goes on to view the many shows that took place under the big top, from scripted performances to exhibitions of labourers to acrobats falling and animals rampaging. Turning Victorian notions of gender, race and nationhood on their head, the circus brought its vision of a rapidly changing world to spectators, both rural and urban, across the nation. This book suggests that even today the influence of the circus continues to resonate in popular representations of gender, race, and the wider world.

Contents

Circus day; the circus as a historical and cultural process; spectacular labor; respectable female nudity; from the king of beasts to clowns in drag; instruct the minds of all classes; legacies - from Las Vegas to the bridges of Madison County.