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The Routledge circus studies reader

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The Routledge Circus Studies Reader offers an absorbing critical introduction to this diverse and emerging field. It brings together the work of over 30 scholars in this discipline, including Janet Davis, Helen Stoddart and Peta Tait, to highlight and address the field's key his…

The circus studies reader

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The Routledge Circus Studies reader

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The Routledge Circus Studies reader

by Tait, Peta

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The Routledge circus studies reader

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The Routledge Circus Studies reader

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This volume brings together the work of over 30 scholars, including Janet Davis, Helen Stoddart and Peta Tait, to highlight and address the field's key historical, critical and theoretical issues. It is organised into three accessible sections, perspectives, precedents and prese…

Queen of the air: a true story of love and tragedy at the circus

by Jensen, Dean N.

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A true life "Water for Elephants, " the circus world comes alive through the gorgeously written, true story of renowned trapeze artist and circus performer Leitzel, Queen of the Air, and her star-crossed love affair with Alfredo Codona, of the famous Flying Codona Brothers.

When pigs could fly and bears could dance: a history of the Soviet circus

by Neirick, Miriam

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Circus, science and technology: dramatising innovation

fromPalgrave Studies in Performance and Technology

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This book explores the circus as a site in and through which science and technology are represented in popular culture. Across eight chapters written by leading scholars - from fields as varied as performance and circus studies, art, media and cultural history, and engineering -…