Human Oddities

Human Oddities
Author: Stuart A. Kallen
Publsiher: ABDO & Daughters
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1991
Genre: Body size
ISBN: 1562390449

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This book tells about people with unusual physical characteristics, such as very tall, very short, very light, very heavy, very old, very hairy, and more.

Human Oddities

Human Oddities
Author: Martin Monestier
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 189
Release: 1987
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0806510218

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Freak Show

Freak Show
Author: Robert Bogdan
Publsiher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2014-12-10
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780226227436

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This cultural history of the travelling freak show in America chronicles the rise and fall of the industry as attitudes about disability evolved. From 1840 until 1940, hundreds of freak shows crisscrossed the United States, from the smallest towns to the largest cities, exhibiting their casts of dwarfs, giants, Siamese twins, bearded ladies, savages, snake charmers, fire eaters, and other oddities. By today’s standards such displays would be considered cruel and exploitative—the pornography of disability. Yet for one hundred years the freak show was widely accepted as one of America’s most popular forms of entertainment. Robert Bogdan’s fascinating social history brings to life the world of the freak show and explores the culture that nurtured and, later, abandoned it. In uncovering this neglected chapter of show business, he describes in detail the flimflam artistry behind the shows, the promoters and the audiences, and the gradual evolution of public opinion from awe to embarrassment. Freaks were not born, Bogdan reveals; they were manufactured by the amusement world, usually with the active participation of the freaks themselves. Many of the "human curiosities" found fame and fortune, until the ascent of professional medicine transformed them from marvels into pathological specimens.

Human Oddities

Human Oddities
Author: Anonim
Publsiher: Sura Books
Total Pages: 86
Release: 2024
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 8185629897

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Human Oddities

Human Oddities
Author: Noria Jablonski
Publsiher: Counterpoint
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2005
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1593760841

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A collection of short works focuses on a central theme of the human body as a landscape, in a volume that relates the experiences of such characters as separated conjoined twins, drag queens, and hospital orderlies. A first collection. Original.

Anatomical Oddities

Anatomical Oddities
Author: Alice Roberts
Publsiher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2022-11-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781398510074

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Every part of the human body has a name - and story. But how familiar are you with your arachnoid mater or your Haversian canals? Anatomical Oddities is an artistic and linguistic adventure, taking the reader on a journey to discover the hidden landscape of the human body: its crypts and caverns, gorges, islets and mountains. Along the way, we dip into the history of our relationship with the human body and the discoveries that paved the way for modern anatomy and medicine. Quirky, bizarre and beautiful, these pages feature original artworks from Professor Alice Roberts. The intricate details of the human body, the stories of people who unearthed its secrets, and the meanings of the words we use to describe it are laid bare.

Human Oddities

Human Oddities
Author: David Pilgrim
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 126
Release: 1984
Genre: Abnormalities, Human
ISBN: IND:39000001159628

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Assimilation Love and Other Human Oddities

Assimilation  Love  and Other Human Oddities
Author: Lyn Gala
Publsiher: Lyn Gala
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2018-05-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1393325610

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Ondry and Liam have settled into a good life, but their trading is still tied up with humans, and humans are always messy. When political changes at the human base lead Ondry to attempt a difficult trade, the pair find themselves entangled in human affairs. Liam wants to help the people he left and the worlds being torn apart. He also wants to serve Ondry with not only the pleasures of the nest but also by bringing human profits. Ondry has no hope of understanding human psychology in general, he only knows that he will hold onto his palteia with the last breath in his body, and he'd like to keep his status and his wealth too. Unfortunately, new humans bring new conflicts and he is not sure how to protect Liam. He does know one thing that humans seem to constantly forget--that the peaceful Rownt are predators and when their families are threatened, Rownt become deadly killers. Liam is his family, and Ondry will protect him with his last breath... assuming that he can recognize the dangers in time to do so.