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The Land of the Hunger Artists: Science, Spectacle and Authority, c.1880–1922
Nieto-Galan, Agusti (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona)
The Land of the Hunger Artists: Science, Spectacle and Authority, c.1880–1922
Nieto-Galan, Agusti (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona)
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.
300 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | November 23, 2023 |
ISBN13 | 9781009379588 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 300 |
Dimensions | 236 × 158 × 22 mm · 596 g |
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