The Prodigy Annie Jones

Jones, MR

The Prodigy Annie Jones

Jones, MR

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Publisher:: Boccalatte
Publication Type:: Chapter
Citation:: Trunk Volume One: Hair, 2009, pp. 240 - 240
Issue Date:: 2009-01

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dc.contributor.author	Jones, MR	en_US
dc.date.issued	2009-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Trunk Volume One: Hair, 2009, pp. 240 - 240	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9780980631203	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/14205
dc.description.abstract	Annie Jones was born in r865 in America. Her parents began exhibiting her at the age of nine months under the name 'The Infant Esau'. (Esau is a figure in the Old Testament who was born hairy-the name means hairy in Hebrew.) Jones' facial hair was quite long before she was five. She became very well-known throughout the country and toured the world as part of the famous 'Freakshow' in the Barnum & Bailey Circus, for which she was the spokesperson. However, in London she organised a meeting of her fellow circus performers and urged them to demand a less 'opprobrious' and demeaning classification than 'freaks'. They came up with 'prodigies'. Jones was respected for her fine manners. She married twice (the second time to her childhood sweetheart) and was a talented businesswoman, making a small fortune by investing in real estate.	en_US
dc.publisher	Boccalatte	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Trunk Volume One: Hair	en_US
dc.title	The Prodigy Annie Jones	en_US
dc.type	Chapter
utslib.location	Sydney, Australia	en_US
utslib.for	200205 Culture, Gender, Sexuality	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/IKM and Digital Studies Program
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Abstract:

Annie Jones was born in r865 in America. Her parents began exhibiting her at the age of nine months under the name 'The Infant Esau'. (Esau is a figure in the Old Testament who was born hairy-the name means hairy in Hebrew.) Jones' facial hair was quite long before she was five. She became very well-known throughout the country and toured the world as part of the famous 'Freakshow' in the Barnum & Bailey Circus, for which she was the spokesperson. However, in London she organised a meeting of her fellow circus performers and urged them to demand a less 'opprobrious' and demeaning classification than 'freaks'. They came up with 'prodigies'. Jones was respected for her fine manners. She married twice (the second time to her childhood sweetheart) and was a talented businesswoman, making a small fortune by investing in real estate.

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