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

by Jane Nicholas

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487502656
• ISBN13: 9781487502652
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher