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Freak show culture normalized a specific way of thinking about gender, race, sexual aberrance, ethnicity, and disability.believe that freak shows contributed significantly to the way American culture views nonconforming bodies.You may also order by sending the index information (Surname, Given Name, Birth or Age, County, Reel, Seq, and Corr), and with your email address (for digital) or with your return address (for hard copy) per registrant to: GFO - WWI Draft 2505 S. 11th Ave., Suite B-18 Portland, OR 97202-1061 Links below point to the first name on each of the index pages.A freak show is an exhibition of biological rarities, referred to as "freaks of nature".Freak shows were a space for the general public to scrutinize bodies different from their own, from dark-skinned people, to victims of war and diseases, to ambiguously sexed bodies.
Those who were armless, legless, or limbless were also characterized in the exotic mode as animal-people, such as “The Snake-Man”, and “The Seal man”.
As well as crazy exhibitions, freak shows were popular in the taverns and fairgrounds where the freaks were often combined with talent displays.
For example, in the 18th century, Matthias Buchinger, born without arms or lower legs, entertained crowds with astonishing displays of magic and musical ability, both in England and later, Ireland.
The collectable printed souvenirs were accompanied by recordings of the showmen’s pitch, the lecturer’s yarn, and the professor’s exaggerated accounts of what was witnessed at the show.
Exhibits were authenticated by doctors who used medical terms that many could not comprehend but which added an air of authenticity to the proceedings.This table lists the names and publication dates for the obituaries in one year of the Wichita newspapers.The scrapbook containing the complete obituary is in the MHGS library.There were four ways freak shows were produced and marketed. This featured a showman or professor who managed the presentation of the people or “freaks”.