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Book Summary
In August 1882 the circus impresario P. T. Barnum called for examples of "all
the uncivilized races in existence." In response, the showman R. A. Cunningham
shipped two groups of Australian Aborigines to the United States. They were
displayed as "cannibals" in circuses, dime museums, fairgrounds, and other
showplaces in America and Europe and examined and photographed by
anthropologists.
Roslyn Poignant tells the fascinating and often searing story of the
transformation of the Aboriginal travelers into accomplished performers,
professional savages who survived at least for a short time by virtue of the
strengths they drew from their own culture and their individual adaptability.
Most died somewhere on tour.
- ISBN-13
- 9780300102475
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Hard Bound
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Publishing Date
- 2004
- Product Edition
- 1
Professional Savages Captive Lives & Western Spectacle
by Roslyn Poignant (Author),
Yale University Press (Publisher)
fictionfantasyyoung adultaward winning
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Book Summary
In August 1882 the circus impresario P. T. Barnum called for examples of "all
the uncivilized races in existence." In response, the showman R. A. Cunningham
shipped two groups of Australian Aborigines to the United States. They were
displayed as "cannibals" in circuses, dime museums, fairgrounds, and other
showplaces in America and Europe and examined and photographed by
anthropologists.
Roslyn Poignant tells the fascinating and often searing story of the
transformation of the Aboriginal travelers into accomplished performers,
professional savages who survived at least for a short time by virtue of the
strengths they drew from their own culture and their individual adaptability.
Most died somewhere on tour.
Book Specifications
- ISBN-13
- 9780300102475
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Hard Bound
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Publishing Date
- 2004
- Product Edition
- 1