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Jumping Through Hoops: Performing Gender in the Nineteenth-Century Circus and how views of womenJumping Through Hoops: Performing Gender in the Nineteenth Century Circus Betsy Golden Kellem,Betsy Golden Kellem Publisher: Feminist Press June 10 2025 EAN: 9781558613447 ISBN: 1558613447 Items marked as WAREHOUSE may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store. Synopsis: Winner of the Circus Historical Society's Stuart Thayer Prize The fascinating story of how nineteenth century circus women performed impossible