Freak Babylon An Illustrated History of Teratology and Freakshows

Name: Freak Babylon An Illustrated History of Teratology and Freakshows
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ISBN: 9781840681604

ISBN-10: 1840681608

ISBN-13: 9781840681604

Edition: 2010

Authors: Jack Hunter

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FREAK BABYLON is a sometimes startling, sometimes disturbing documentary of the history of one of mankind's most fascinating sciences teratology and its dubious cultural correlative, The Freakshow, from ancient times To The present day. The book features over 200 rare and intriguing photos of human anomalies and covers the areas of scientific research, sideshows, cinema and body modification. By tracing the history of teratology the classification of human anomalies and looking at some famous case histories such as the Elephant Man and Johnny Eck, FREAK BABYLON shows how medical research and exploitation are often interlinked and poses the question whether new sciences of cloning and…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: SCB Distributors
Publication date: 4/21/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.33" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English