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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Autor principal: Zacek, Natalie
Formato: Article ou chapitre numérique
Lenguaje:Anglais
Publicado: European journal of American studies 2019
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Acceso en línea:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM

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