How to Cite
BOGDAN, ROBERT. 2010. “SIDESHOW: IMAGES OF DISABILITY, SOCIOLOGICAL ENCOUNTERS WITH HISTORY”. TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology, April. Washington DC: American Sociological Association. https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/sideshow-images-of-disability-sociological.
Abstract
"Freakshows," the formally organized exhibition of people with real and alleged physical, mental, or behavioral differences for entertainment and profit, was once an accepted, nationally popular, and lucrative practice. They have almost disappeared and are seen by most as crude, rude and exploitive; what one disability activist called "the pornography of...Download this resource to see full details. Download this resource to see full details.
Details
- Subject Area(s):
- Disabilities
- Resource Type(s):
- Syllabus
- Class Level(s):
- Graduate
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