Dumbstruck : a cultural history of ventriloquism
Connor, Steven, 1955-2000
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This book provides a history of ventriloquism and the disembodied voice. It tracks the subject from its beginnings, through early Christian writers, the voice in mysticism, witchcraft and the figure of the ventriloquist.
Main title:
Dumbstruck : a cultural history of ventriloquism / Steven Connor.
Author:
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Collation:
viii, 449p., [8]p. of plates : ill., facsims., ports. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 418-435) and index.
ISBN:
9780198184331 (hbk)
Dewey class:
793.89793.8909
Local class:
793.8909
Language:
English
BRN:
1660530