"From the 1880s to the 1920s, public performances of extreme fasting by caged hunger artists became a very popular source of entertainment. Agustí Nieto-Galan presents the history of this phenomenon as both urban spectacle and subject of scientific study and experiment"-- Provided by publisher
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 21, 2023)
