Spectacle and Spectatorship at the Nineteenth-Century American Racetrack
This paper argues that, in the antebellum United States, many people attended horse races at least as much from a desire to produce and consume spectacle as from a fascination with the sport itself. In many instances, their spectatorship was not simply directed at the actions of the horses and jocke...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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European journal of American studies
2019
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |