When pigs could fly and bears could dance : a history of the Soviet circus / Miriam Neirick.

When pigs could fly and bears could dance : a history of the Soviet circus /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Neirick, Miriam
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2012.
Subjects:	Circus > Soviet Union > History. Circus > Political aspects > Soviet Union.
Online Access:	Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:	ProQuest Ebook Central

Table of Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Circus Turned Upside Up: Revolutionizing the Russian Circus
2. Great Transformation of the Stalin-Era Circus
3. Roaring, Laughter: The Circus at War
4. Home Front: Soviet Women and Western Menace in the Postwar, Cold War Circus
5. In Defense of Offensive Peace: The Soviet Circus Finds Itself Abroad
6. Courting Jesters: The Clown as Everyman in the Late Soviet Circus.