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Part II - Circus Acts and Aesthetics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 June 2021

Edited by
Gillian Arrighi  and
Jim Davis
Gillian Arrighi
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle, New South Wales
Jim Davis
Affiliation:
University of Warwick
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The Cambridge Companion to the Circus , pp. 105 - 168
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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