Title Peoples on parade : exhibitions, empire, and anthropology in nineteenth century Britain / Sadiah Qureshi.

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Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2011.

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Description	1 online resource (382 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-375) and index.
Summary	In May 1853, Charles Dickens paid a visit to the & ldquo;savages at Hyde Park Corner, & rdquo; an exhibition of thirteen imported Zulus performing cultural rites ranging from songs and dances to a & ldquo;witch-hunt & rdquo; and marriage ceremony. Dickens was not the only Londoner intrigued by these & ldquo;living curiosities & rdquo;: displayed foreign peoples provided some of the most popular public entertainments of their day. At first, such shows tended to be small-scale entrepreneurial speculations of just a single person or a small group. By the end of the century, performers were being imported.
Contents	Introduction: Ladies and Gentlemen, I Bring You . . .; Part One: Street Spectacles; 1: Glimpsing Urban Savages; 2: Artful Promotion; Part Two: Metropolitan Encounters; 3: Managing Performance; 4: Recruiting Entertainers; 5: Interpreting Exhibitions; Part Three: The Natural History of Race; 6: Transforming "Unfruitful Wonder"; 7: The End of an Affair; Conclusion: Afterlives; Acknowledgments; Appendix: Terminology; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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Subject	Indigenous peoples -- Exhibitions -- History -- 19th century.
	Indigenous peoples.
	Exhibitions.
	History.
Chronological Term	19th century
Subject	Exhibitions -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century.
	England -- London.
	Anthropology in popular culture -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century.
	Anthropology in popular culture.
	Ethnic performing arts -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century.
	Ethnic performing arts.
	Human beings -- Exhibitions -- History -- 19th century.
	Human beings.
	Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
	Great Britain.
	Manners and customs.
	Great Britain -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
	Race relations.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Qureshi, Sadiah. Peoples on parade. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2011 9780226700960 (DLC) 2010040823 (OCoLC)670211419
ISBN	9780226700984 (electronic book)
	0226700984 (electronic book)
	1283242338
	9781283242332
	9780226700960
	0226700968
Standard No.	7009997

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