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Freaks, Geeks and Strange Girls: Sideshow Banners of the Great American Midway

by: Randy Johnson, Jim Secreto, Teddy Varndell

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 704
EAN: 9780945367192
ISBN: 0945367198
Label: Hardy Marks Publications
Manufacturer: Hardy Marks Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Publication Date: 1996-09
Publisher: Hardy Marks Publications
Studio: Hardy Marks Publications

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Freaks, Geeks, and Strange Girls presents a colorful history of the carnival sideshow and its distinctive banner art. With 100 color photographs, the book lovingly surveys this now vanished icon of early rural America, counterpointing classic freak show art with contemporary interpretations. 50 archival black-and-white photos of sideshows provide a historical context for the banner illustrations. These essays and the heady, often un-PC images recall a time when compassion and restraint collapsed in the face of the exotic, the erotic, and the exploited, and present an interesting reference point to the current voyeuristic appeal of television shows such as Jerry Springer.

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- Strange But True
This is one of the best collections of banner art I have seen. They are reprinted is glorious color- beautiful oranges and reds. Book is organized as people researched and ideas progressed- very logical yet whimsical progressions. Essays are very personal and very informative. Highly recommended.

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