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Big & small : a cultural history of extraordinary bodies

Title
  1. Big & small : a cultural history of extraordinary bodies / Lynne Vallone.
Published by
  1. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]
Author
  1. Vallone, Lynne

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Description
  1. xv, 339 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 23 cm
Alternative title
  1. Big and small : a cultural history of extraordinary bodies
Subject
  1. Body size in literature
  2. Body size > Social aspects
  3. Body size in art
  4. Dwarfs (Persons) in art
  5. Dwarfs (Persons) in literature
  6. Giants in art
  7. Giants in literature
Contents
  1. Introduction: people big and people small -- Introduction: the little man -- In the beginning was Tom Thumb -- The dwarf in high and popular culture -- Staging the dwarf -- Lilliputians in blackface -- The monstrous giant -- Gigantic mechanical Boy Scouts -- The obese girl -- Afterword: the human measure.
Call number
  1. JFD 18- 539
Author
  1. Vallone, Lynne, author.
Title
  1. Big & small : a cultural history of extraordinary bodies / Lynne Vallone.
Publisher
  1. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]
Type of content
  1. text
  2. still image
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
LCCN
  1. 2017948471 2017015277
ISBN
  1. 9780300228861
  2. 0300228864
Research call number
  1. JFD 18- 539
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