یادداشتهای مربوط به کتابنامه ، واژه نامه و نمایه های داخل اثر
متن يادداشت
Includes bibliographical references and index.
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
"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.
متن يادداشت
"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.".
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عنوان
Showman and the slave.
نام شخص به منزله موضوع
موضوع مستند نشده
Barnum, P. T., (Phineas Taylor),1810-1891.
موضوع مستند نشده
Heth, Joice,-1836.
موضوع (اسم عام یاعبارت اسمی عام)
موضوع مستند نشده
African Americans in popular culture-- History-- 19th century.
موضوع مستند نشده
Death in popular culture-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
موضوع مستند نشده
Freak shows-- Social aspects-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
موضوع مستند نشده
Popular culture-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
موضوع مستند نشده
Racism in popular culture-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
موضوع مستند نشده
Whites-- Race identity-- United States.
موضوع مستند نشده
Women slaves-- United States, Biography.
نام جغرافیایی به منزله موضوع
موضوع مستند نشده
Northeastern States, Race relations.
بدون عنوان
0
رده بندی کنگره
شماره رده
E165
نشانه اثر
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R36
2001
نام شخص به منزله سر شناسه - (مسئولیت معنوی درجه اول )