The Land of the Hunger Artists : Science, Spectacle and Authority, c.1880–1922
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1009379569
ISBN-13
9781009379564
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 23rd, 2023
Print length
300 Pages
Weight
412 grams
Dimensions
22.60 x 15.20 x 1.80 cms
Product Classification:
History of engineering & technology
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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.
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