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The land of the hunger artists : science, spectacle, and authority, c. 1880-1922
- Title
- The land of the hunger artists : science, spectacle, and authority, c. 1880-1922 / Agustí Nieto-Galan.
- Author
- Nieto-Galan, Agustí
- Publication
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
- ©2024
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- Description
- xvii, 262 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- "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"--
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-250) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Geographics -- Performances -- Experiments -- Spirits -- Elixirs -- Politics -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- MWFB 24-2976
- ISBN
- 9781009379588
- 1009379585
- 9781009379564
- 1009379569
- 9781009379540 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2023017051
- OCLC
- 1395425720
- Author
- Nieto-Galan, Agustí, author.
- Title
- The land of the hunger artists : science, spectacle, and authority, c. 1880-1922 / Agustí Nieto-Galan.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
- Copyright Date
- ©2024
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-250) and index.
- Other Form:
- Electronic version: Nieto-Galan, Agustí. Land of the hunger artists. Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024 9781009379540 (OCoLC)1408804127
- Research Call Number
- MWFB 24-2976