TransNation: Circus Amok No Freak Show
Posted on August 22, 2008
Filed Under Gay Wired, News
The classic American side show relied on exploiting racial and anatomical differences of its performers for the edification and entertainment of a white audience; while also demarcating the socially sanctioned line between ‘normal’ and ‘freak.’ In the mid-1980s, Jennifer Miller experienced first hand the impact of performing in a sideshow on Coney Island and reveals, she has mixed feelings about the years she spent there.
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