“Ça fait pas cher et ça émerveille…”: Mitography and professionalization of the 'phénomène' en France during the first decade of the 20th decade

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  • Ignacio Ramos Gay Universitat de València

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https://doi.org/10.7203/qf-elit.v19i0.5203

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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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Ignacio Ramos Gay, Universitat de València

Department of French and Italian Studies

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2014-12-20

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Ramos Gay, I. (2014). “Ça fait pas cher et ça émerveille…”: Mitography and professionalization of the ’phénomène’ en France during the first decade of the 20th decade. Quaderns De Filologia - Estudis Literaris, 19, 109–127. https://doi.org/10.7203/qf-elit.v19i0.5203
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Vol. 19 (2014): "TEATRO DE EXCEPCIÓN": NON-INSTITUTIONAL STAGE EXPERIENCES IN THE EUROPE OF 20TH AND 21ST CENTURIES

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