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Blyn, Robin.

The freak-garde extraordinary bodies and revolutionary art in America / [electronic resource] : Robin Blyn. - Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Unbecoming Subjects: Freak Shows and the American Avant-garde -- 1. A Curious Education: Mark Twain's Corporate Persons -- 2. Between Silence and Sound: The Lon Chaney Sensation -- 3. Decadence in the Age of Fascism: Djuna Barnes's Freak Dandies -- 4. Dada in Hollywood: Nathanael West's Human Machines -- 5. The Biology of Revolution: Mapping Mutation with Diane Arbus -- Coda. Barnum & Bailey & Barney: Freak Show at the Guggenheim -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN: 9780816685875 0816685878

Subjects--Topical Terms:
HISTORY / United States / General.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General.
ART / History / General.
Freak shows.
Arts, American--Themes, motives.--20th century
Arts--Experimental methods.--United States

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: NX504 / .B59 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 700.973