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
Tetu Robinson
12021-03-22T12:26:07-07:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1382944Biographyplain2021-04-01T06:10:00-07:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1Being born or marrying into the circus life was a very common occurrence. However, being taken in and becoming a daughter of the actual circus itself is a life unique to the circus star, Tetu Robinson (Yasu Mary Agnes Kabayashe). Newspapers report that Tetu’s parents were performers in the John Robinson circus but passed away when she was still young. Having been raised within the circus, the Robinson family adopted her, and she officially became a daughter of the show. She was sent to the best schools to learn and train as a performer and became a celebrity equestrienne and equilibrist.
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