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The manner in which Others have been subjected to display encompasses several fields of inquiry, from museum history to disability studies. Not only have animals routinely been displayed when still alive or else preserved in the form of dioramas, so-called 'monsters', i.e. alien individuals as well as entire villages have also been co-opted as veritable 'golden geese' for the 'exotic' shows initiated by proprietors like Carl Hagenbeck and P.T. Barnum, for example. On both sides of the Atlantic visitors to these enormously popular shows were invited to satisfy their curiosity about the Other/s for a small fee from 1841 onward. The 'savages' brought to these visitors from remote parts of the globe were displayed in what was purported to be their 'natural surroundings', or else they were displayed in cages like animals.
The last of these shows was held in 1958, more than a century after the trend began. We will be looking at the development of this type of Western popular culture in order to eventually ask: how do we deal with Others; who is made to sit on which side of the fence nowadays? |
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Sprechstunde: Mittwochs ab 18:00
Terminanfragen bitte an c.plach@mx.uni-saarland.de
Statt dieser Veranstaltung können Sie auch die Vorlesung von Frau Prof. Fellner ("Fan, Fantastic, Fantasy: The Fantastic Contemporary Popular Culture"), Veranstaltungsnummer 108579, als Vorlesung des Gebiets "Transkulturelle Anglophone Studien" besuchen und verbuchen. |
