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Julia Pastrana by Christopher Hals Gyleseth & Lars O. Toverud
The Tragic Story of the Victorian Ape Woman
Just 4ft 6in tall, covered in hair and with a protruding jaw, Julia Pastrana was one of the most infamous women of the 19th century. This "ape woman" appeared in freakshows across three continents and was the subject of fascination to scientists of international repute. This is her strange story.In a dusty corner of the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Norway lie the remains of Julia Pastrana, half hidden in a black plastic sack, all but forgotten. Yet in the middle of the 19th century, this "ape woman" was renowned, visited by scientists of international repute, and drawing the populace of three continents to the freakshows in which she starred. Just 4ft 6in tall, she was covered in hair, with a protruding jaw; but she also spoke several languages, married, had a child, made money. This is the strange story of how a woman born in the backwoods of Mexico came to be one of the most infamous women in Europe and America and how, so many years after she first set foot upon the stage, Julia is still being shown to others. The exhibition goes on. |
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| Author(s) : | Format : Hardback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 0750933127 | ISBN-13 : 9780750933124 |
| RRP : £16.99 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Country Publication : United Kingdom
Publication Date : 30/11/2003
Publisher : NPI Media Group
Page Length : 224mm
Page Size : 216mm