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Greg Marchildon talks about carnival exploitation with Jane Nicholas, the author of "Canadian Carnival Freaks and the Extraordinary Body, 1900-1970s (University of Toronto Press). Jane Nicholas is professor in the Department of Sexuality, Marriage, and Family Studies and the Department of History at St. Jerome's University in the University of Waterloo. This podcast was produced by Hugh Bakhurst in the Allan Slaight Radio Institute at Ryerson University. If you like our work, please consider supporting it: https://bit.ly/support_WTY. Your support contributes to the Champlain Society’s mission of opening new windows to directly explore and experience Canada’s past.

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Greg Marchildon talks about carnival exploitation with Jane Nicholas, the author of "Canadian Carnival Freaks and the Extraordinary Body, 1900-1970s (University of Toronto Press). Jane Nicholas is professor in the Department of Sexuality, Marriage,...

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