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
The Barnum and Bailey greatest show on earth--A glance at the great ethnological congress and curious led animals
12020-12-03T11:51:23-08:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1382946Poster showing people of different nationalities and various animals.meta2021-04-08T12:47:21-07:00Library of CongressPrints and Photographs Division1895Still imageAdvertising--CircusCircus performersThis work is in the public domain.LithographsStrobridge Lithographing Company77 x 102 cmRebecca Fitzsimmons776fc8f5a4c40ba6b2ce5ef275d03821c12e0249