Violence, women, and disability in tod browning's freaks and the devil doll

Journal of Popular Film and Television

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 86-94

  Norden, Martin F ^a   Cahill, Madeleine A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 10944245091     PISSN: 01956051     EISSN: 19306458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01956059809602778     Document Type: Article

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