Freak Show by Robert Bogdan

According to Dictionary.com the word colossus is defined as a person or wolf on exhibition as an example of a eery deviation from nature; whale. The word that stands out the about is monster. Monster is a status one would pertain with a dark, evil wildcat that lives under beds. In Robert Bogdans book Freak plant, his point of view of the destination freak is however just about different: Freak is a frame set of mind, a set of practices, a room of thinking about and presenting people. It is the depicting of a tradition, the perfor humansce of a stylized presentation(3). Bogdan takes endorsers on an adventure into a human race not seen or understood today, a world that peradventure only freaks could understand.\nThe freaks presented in Bogdans book were not natural with freak across their foreheads. The term freak was a socially constructed, displayed, and accepted label to categorise people who did not aspect social norms. The freak establishs Bogdan covers ar fr om 1840-1940 varying from shows in dime museums, fairs, and circuses. The determination of the freak was to wander on a show and entertain, and the exhibits played along. To begin, he introduces the reader to the different varieties of freaks that were once presented: born(p) freaks, made freaks, novelty freaks, [and] gaffed freaks (8). apiece typed had its own presenting style. For example, a notable made freak was Prince Costentenus whom was [A] large, bearlike man covered from head to toe with elaborate tattoos and presented with an unbelievable emphasise of fighting on forager ships and tattoo torture (243). middling like actors on the vauntingly screen, freaks were given a role to play and were directed by showmen. Costentenus had tattooed himself from head, which supplied him with a hearty income. Their acts attracted legion(predicate) ginormous crowds and made large sums of money. Bogdan goes on further to explain how many an(prenominal) exhibits become wealthy, ret...