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The Land of the Hunger Artists : Science, Spectacle and Authority, c.1880–1922

Nieto-Galan, Agusti

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From the 1880s to the 1920s, public performances of extreme fasting by caged hunger artists became a very popular source of entertainment. Agustí Nieto-Galan presents the history of this phenomenon as both urban spectacle and subject of scientific study and experiment.

  • Utgivelsesdato:

    23.11.2023

  • ISBN/Varenr:

    9781009379564

  • Språk:

    Engelsk

  • Forlag:

    Cambridge University Press

  • Innbinding:

    Heftet

  • Fagtema:

    Teknologi, ingeniørfag, landbruk og industri

  • Litteraturtype:

    Faglitteratur

  • Sider:

    300

  • Høyde:

    22.6 cm

  • Bredde:

    15.2 cm

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