“Ça fait pas cher et ça émerveille…”Mitografía y profesionalización del phénomène en Francia durante la primera década del siglo XX

  1. Ramos Gay, Ignacio 1
  1. 1 Universitat de València
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    Universitat de València

    Valencia, España

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Revue:
Quaderns de filologia. Estudis literaris

ISSN: 1135-4178

Année de publication: 2014

Titre de la publication: TEATRO DE EXCEPCIÓN: EXPERIENCIAS ESCÉNICAS NO INSTITUCIONALES EN LA EUROPA DE LOS SIGLOS XX Y XXI

Número: 19

Pages: 109-127

Type: Article

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Résumé

The aim of this paper is to explore the mechanisms inherent to the freak show as a paratheatrical performance in France at the beginning of the 20th century. Firstly, throughout the exhibition of the anomalous body in foires and circuses, I will analyse to what extent the phénomène may be considered an actor, a character, or both following the precepts of mythistory. Secondly, I will attend to the main milestones of the professionalisation of the freak actor by means of his/her contextualisation within the processes of the French cultural industry at the turn of the 19th century. Keywords: freak show; theatre industry; mythistory; physicality.

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