While freaks have captivated our imagination since well before the nineteenth century the Victorians flocked to shows featuring dancing dwarves bearded ladies missing links and sixlegged sheep. Indeed this period has been described by Rosemarie GarlandThomson as the epoch of consolidation for freakery an era of social change enormously popular freak shows and taxonomic frenzy. Victorian Freaks The Social Context of Freakery in Britain edited by Marlene Tromp turns to that rich nexus examining
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