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Author: Tiny Kline ,
Janet M. Davis
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Imprint: University of Illinois Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.708kg
ISBN: 9780252033124
ISBN 10: 0252033124
Pages: 376
Publication Date: 18 June 2008
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
With this indispensible volume, Davis again demonstrates how the study of circus in particular and popular culture in general can enrich understanding of the world... Highly recommended. --Choice Kline's fascinating story provides remarkably vivid descriptions of the day-to-day life of performers on the circus circuit and glimpses of well-known entertainment figures. Davis deftly places Tiny Kline's story amongst important questions about the role of popular amusements in class formation and Americanization of immigrant populations; about the meaning of bodily display and the exceptional body; and about early twentieth-century gender roles and transgressions. --Joy S. Kasson, author of Buffalo Bill's Wild West: Celebrity, Memory, and Popular History It was great fun reading Tiny Kline's fascinating and quirky story of the circus. There is nothing quite like her insider account. I found myself getting wrapped up in her personal descriptions and in the vagaries that confronted her both in and out of the entertainment profession. Her insights are crucial in understanding several important transitions in circus history. --Don B. Wilmeth, editor of The Cambridge Guide to American Theatre, 2nd edition
It was great fun reading Tiny Kline's fascinating and quirky story of the circus. There is nothing quite like her insider account. I found myself getting wrapped up in her personal descriptions and in the vagaries that confronted her both in and out of the entertainment profession. Her insights are crucial in understanding several important transitions in circus history. --Don B. Wilmeth, editor of The Cambridge Guide to American Theatre, 2nd edition Kline's fascinating story provides remarkably vivid descriptions of the day-to-day life of performers on the circus circuit and glimpses of well-known entertainment figures. Davis deftly places Tiny Kline's story amongst important questions about the role of popular amusements in class formation and Americanization of immigrant populations; about the meaning of bodily display and the exceptional body; and about early twentieth-century gender roles and transgressions. --Joy S. Kasson, author of Buffalo Bill's Wild West: Celebrity, Memory, and Popular History With this indispensible volume, Davis again demonstrates how the study of circus in particular and popular culture in general can enrich understanding of the world... Highly recommended. --Choice
It was great fun reading Tiny Kline's fascinating and quirky insider account of the circus. I found myself getting wrapped up in her personal descriptions and in the vagaries that confronted her both in and out of the entertainment profession. Her insights are crucial in understanding several important transitions in circus history. Don B. Wilmeth, editor of The Cambridge Guide to American Theatre, 2nd edition Kline's fascinating story provides remarkably vivid descriptions of performers and well-known entertainment figures. Davis deftly places Tiny Kline's story amongst important questions about the role of popular amusements in class formation and Americanization of immigrant populations; about the meaning of bodily display and the exceptional body; and about early twentieth-century gender roles and transgressions. Joy S. Kasson, author of Buffalo Bill's Wild West: Celebrity, Memory, and Popular History
Author Information
Janet M. Davis is an associate professor of American studies and history at the University of Texas, Austin, and the author of The Circus Age: Culture and Society under the American Big Top.
