Agency through Otherness: Portraits of Performers in Circus Route Books, 1875-1925Main MenuIntroductionIntroduction to the book and information about ways to navigate the content.The American Experiment: Circus in ContextCircus performers and American history timelineRouting the Circus: The Things They CarriedCircus Routes Map, 1875-1925Ethnological Congresses and the Spectacleby Rebecca FitzsimmonsOutsiders in Demand: Chinese and Japanese Immigrant Performersby Angela Yon and Mariah WahlShattering Gender Roles: Women in the Circusby Elizabeth HarmanSide Show Sounds: Black Bandleaders Respond to ExoticismAnnexed Circus Musicians by Elizabeth C. HartmanNative Performance and Identity in The Wild West Showby Mariah WahlShowmen's Rests: The Final CurtainCircus Cemetery Plots by Elizabeth C. HartmanList of PerformersPerformers covered in this exhibitBibliography & Further ReadingsBibliography and readings for each chapterAcknowledgementsAngela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1
12021-04-22T08:20:35-07:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1Adored and Mocked: Japonisme in American Culture158plain10747422021-05-29T13:24:19-07:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1
12021-01-28T08:49:17-08:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1Ethnological Congresses and the Spectacle58by Rebecca Fitzsimmonsplain10482072023-11-16T14:04:39-08:00Rebecca Fitzsimmons776fc8f5a4c40ba6b2ce5ef275d03821c12e0249
12020-11-27T08:48:02-08:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1Side Show Sounds: Black Bandleaders Respond to Exoticism53Annexed Circus Musicians by Elizabeth C. Hartmanplain10416342021-06-11T17:49:13-07:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1
12021-03-04T05:58:47-08:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1Ethnological Congresses43Section that discusses similarities and differences in Ethnological Congresses, Spectacles, and shows a timeline of development.plain2021-04-29T17:16:31-07:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1
12020-12-02T11:57:15-08:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1Circus Musicians & The Black Press30Much of what we know about side show musicians is thanks to the documentation of African American newspapers.plain2021-04-30T12:36:04-07:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1
12020-12-02T15:43:21-08:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1Banished to the Annex: The Catch-22 of Circus Work23Side Show Musiciansplain2021-05-06T17:21:03-07:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1
12021-02-26T09:41:11-08:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1Portraits of Midwest Musicians16plain10416342021-04-29T16:59:33-07:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1
12021-04-02T09:56:18-07:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1Bill Pickett: The Native, Black Cowboy9plain2021-05-06T16:41:56-07:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1
12021-01-29T10:57:01-08:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1The Engineer: Fred D. Powell (1869-1922)5Biographical Timelineplain2021-04-29T16:53:36-07:001869-1922Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1
12021-02-11T12:24:00-08:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1The Soldier: S. P. White (1867-1943)5Biographical Timeline of S. P. White (1867-1943)plain2021-04-29T16:48:20-07:001867-1943Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1
12021-02-09T17:35:17-08:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1The Macon Jaybird: J. O. McNutt (1867-1931)4Biographical Timeline of J. O. McNutt (1867-1931)plain2021-04-29T16:50:34-07:001867-1931Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1
12021-01-30T18:42:34-08:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1The Macon City Kid: Joe W. Pleasant (1870-)4Biographical Timeline of Joe W. Pleasant (1870-)plain2021-04-29T16:55:07-07:001870-1905Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1
12021-02-03T23:18:24-08:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1The Brothers: W. T. (1872-1918) & C. E. (1874-1943) Enix4Biographical Timeline of W. T. Enix (1872-1918) & C. E. Enix (1874-1943)plain2021-04-29T16:56:38-07:001872-1943Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1
12021-02-20T17:19:00-08:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1The Big Band: James Wolfscale (~1868-1921)4Biographical timeline for James Wolfscale (circa 1868-1921)plain2021-04-29T16:57:44-07:001868-1921Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1
12021-03-13T11:33:37-08:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1The Firsts: T. S. Roadman (1844-1909) & R. N. Thompson (1858-1936)3Biographical timeline of T. S. Roadman (1844-1909) & R. N. Thompson (1858-1936)plain2021-04-29T16:47:10-07:001844-1936Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1
12021-04-22T11:58:37-07:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1Illustrated History of the Ethnological Congress2plain2021-04-29T17:18:38-07:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1
