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Freak Babylon: An Illustrated History of Teratology and Freakshows
by Jack Hunter
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By tracing the history of teratology -- the classification of human anomalies -- and looking at some famous case histories such as the Elephant Man and Johnny Eck, FREAK BABYLON shows how medical research and exploitation are often interlinked -- and poses the question whether new sciences of cloning and genetic engineering are taking us back to the "dark days" of man-made freaks.
Bonus features include:
"The Elephant Man" by Sir Frederick Treves. Long out-of-print, this is the true account which inspired David Lynch's film of the same name.
"Dissection of a Symelian Monster" by R C Benington. A classic illustrated account of an autopsy on a real-life human anomaly, from 1891 medical journals.
An in-depth illustrated review of the controversial 1932 horror film Freaks, directed by Tod Browning.
Tod Robbins' classic short story "Spurs", which inspired Browning's Freaks.
By tracing the history of teratology -- the classification of human anomalies -- and looking at some famous case histories such as the Elephant Man and Johnny Eck, FREAK BABYLON shows how medical research and exploitation are often interlinked -- and poses the question whether new sciences of cloning and genetic engineering are taking us back to the "dark days" of man-made freaks.
Bonus features include:
"The Elephant Man" by Sir Frederick Treves. Long out-of-print, this is the true account which inspired David Lynch's film of the same name.
"Dissection of a Symelian Monster" by R C Benington. A classic illustrated account of an autopsy on a real-life human anomaly, from 1891 medical journals.
An in-depth illustrated review of the controversial 1932 horror film Freaks, directed by Tod Browning.
Tod Robbins' classic short story "Spurs", which inspired Browning's Freaks.
Paperback
$19.95