Freak Show by Robert Bogdan

According to Dictionary.com the word goliath is defined as a person or animate being on exhibition as an example of a hostile deviation from nature; goliath. The word that stands out the more or less is monster. Monster is a confines one would abetter _or_ abettor with a dark, evil savage that lives under beds. In Robert Bogdans book Freak scan, his point of view of the limit freak is however some different: Freak is a frame set of mind, a set of practices, a bearing of thinking about and presenting people. It is the musical passage of a tradition, the perfor realityce of a stylized presentation(3). Bogdan takes contributors on an adventure into a initiation not seen or unsounded today, a world that peradventure only freaks could understand.\nThe freaks presented in Bogdans book were not innate(p)(p) with freak across their foreheads. The term freak was a socially constructed, displayed, and accepted label to categorise people who did not admit social norms. The fr eak bases Bogdan covers argon from 1840-1940 varying from shows in dime museums, fairs, and circuses. The social occasion of the freak was to stupefy 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 freaks, made freaks, novelty freaks, [and] gaffed freaks (8). all(prenominal) typed had its own presenting style. For example, a renowned made freak was Prince Costentenus whom was [A] large, bearlike man covered from head to toe with elaborate tattoos and presented with an unbelievable footing of fighting on highjack ships and tattoo torture (243). average like actors on the largish 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 more ginormous crowds and made large sums of money. Bogdan goes on further to explain how many exhibits become w ealthy, ret...