Freak Fatale: The Nineteenth-Century Freak Show and Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Advisor Information
Tanushree Ghosh
Location
UNO Criss Library, Room 231
Presentation Type
Oral Presentation
Start Date
6-3-2015 10:15 AM
End Date
6-3-2015 10:30 AM
Abstract
This project examines how Alice in Wonderland uses images of freak women to actively voice—and ultimately contain— threatening femininity. This project examines several female characters in the novel, taking into account both textual analysis and visual analysis. This essay draws from a variety of primary source material, including various images and advertisements from nineteenth-century freak shows alongside primary source articles about freak show events in the Victorian period. The project compares female characters in Carroll’s children’s novel to contemporary accounts of freakdom in the nineteenthcentury.
Freak Fatale: The Nineteenth-Century Freak Show and Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
UNO Criss Library, Room 231
This project examines how Alice in Wonderland uses images of freak women to actively voice—and ultimately contain— threatening femininity. This project examines several female characters in the novel, taking into account both textual analysis and visual analysis. This essay draws from a variety of primary source material, including various images and advertisements from nineteenth-century freak shows alongside primary source articles about freak show events in the Victorian period. The project compares female characters in Carroll’s children’s novel to contemporary accounts of freakdom in the nineteenthcentury.