عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
E165 .R36 2001
E165
.
R36
2001
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0674006364
(Number (ISBN
9780674006362
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b413402
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
The showman and the slave :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
race, death, and memory in Barnum's America /
First Statement of Responsibility
Benjamin Reiss.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Cambridge, Mass. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Harvard University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2001.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
x, 267 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. ;
Dimensions
25 cm.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"In placing together the fragmentary and conflicting evidence of the event, Reiss paints a picture of people looking at history, at the human body, at social class, at slavery, at performance, at death, and always - if obliquely - at themselves. At the same time, he reveals how deeply an obsession with race penetrated different facets of American life, from public memory to private fantasy. Concluding the book is a piece of historical detective work in which Reiss attempts to solve the puzzle of Heth's real identity before she met Barnum. His search yields a tantalizing connection between early mass culture and a slave's subtle mockery of her master."--BOOK JACKET.
Text of Note
"In this compelling story about one of the nineteenth century's most famous Americans, Benjamin Reiss uses P. T. Barnum's Joice Heth hoax to examine the contours of race relations in the antebellum North. Barnum's first exhibit as a showman, Heth was an elderly enslaved woman who was said to be the 161-year-old former nurse of the infant George Washington. Seizing upon the novelty, the newly emerging commercial press turned her act - and especially her death - into one of the first media spectacles in American history.".
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Showman and the slave.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Barnum, P. T., (Phineas Taylor),1810-1891.
Heth, Joice,-1836.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
African Americans in popular culture-- History-- 19th century.
Death in popular culture-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
Freak shows-- Social aspects-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
Popular culture-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
Racism in popular culture-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
Whites-- Race identity-- United States.
Women slaves-- United States, Biography.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Northeastern States, Race relations.
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
E165
Book number
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R36
2001
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Reiss, Benjamin.
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20140220051627.0
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
Y
