Circus World: Roustabouts, Animals, and the Work of Putting on the Big Show
Author:   Andrea Ringer
Publisher:   University of Illinois Press
Edition:   New edition
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9780252045868


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   14 April 2025
Format:   Hardback
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Circus World: Roustabouts, Animals, and the Work of Putting on the Big Show


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Author:   Andrea Ringer
Publisher:   University of Illinois Press
Imprint:   University of Illinois Press
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780252045868


ISBN 10:   0252045866
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   14 April 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction  The Circus World in the Golden Age Part I: The Circus Migrant Making Circus Day Human and Animal Circus Workers and Their Knowledge Networks Part II: The Circus Lot Women’s Work and Gendered Circus Labor in the Tented Shows Animal Motherhood and (Re)Constructed Circus Families Captive, Coerced, and Frontline Sideshow Workers Part III: The Circus World from the Outside The Circus as Big Business The Making of the Circus Celebrity Organized Circus Labor and Working-Class Audiences Conclusion    Circus Afterlives Notes Index

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“Ringer’s approach to circus history centering the labor of transnational adults, children, and animals is both entirely original and deeply important. Circus World points the way to a new and more expansive kind of labor history.”--Jeremy Zallen, author of American Lucifers: The Dark History of Artificial Light 1750–1865


"""Ringer's approach to circus history centering the labor of transnational adults, children, and animals is both entirely original and deeply important. Circus World points the way to a new and more expansive kind of labor history.""--Jeremy Zallen, author of American Lucifers: The Dark History of Artificial Light 1750-1865"


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Andrea Ringer is an assistant professor of history at Tennessee State University.

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