This book traces how the American freak show has re-emerged in new visual forms in the 21st century. It explores the ways in which moving image media transmits and contextualizes, reinterprets and appropriates, the freak show model into a “new American freak show.” It investigates how new freak representations introduce narratives about sex, gender, and cultural perceptions of people with disabilities.

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The following chapter is free to access until 14 August 2018:
A New American Freak Show

This series examines the ecology of neighborhoods and communities in not only twenty-first century America, but across the globe. It contains original research about the power of place, that is, the importance of where one lives, how public policies have transformed the shape and geography of inequality and disparity in our metropolitan areas, and, the ways in which residents impacted by perceived inequality are trying to confront the problem.
Find out more about the Neighborhoods, Communities, and Urban Marginality series.

Submit your proposal for this series to Rachel Daniel: rachel.daniel@palgrave-usa.com.