Freaks: tra anormalità e deviazione. Nascite mostruose e fenomeni umani dall’uomo-gallina al circo di Barnum

The essay focuses on the theme of natural teratology, or the study of deformities, and above all on the positive figure of the freak, which I am going to analyze from a social and spectacular point of view. The analysis will go on probing the territories of the bizarre and the marvelous as presented...

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Main Author: Marina Mascherini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Milano University Press 2020-07-01
Series:Itinera
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Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/itinera/article/view/13889