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Circassian Beauty in the American Sideshow
- unnouinceput 5y agoFor those who want to see modern Circassian beauty, on both music and people, watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua95fPR6HC8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua95fPR6HC8
- jdkee 5y agoThank you, that was exquisite.
- 1cvmask 5y agoIs the dance unique to Circassia?
- gumby 5y agoInteresting!
- GravitasFailure 5y agoIt's worth watching with more traditional costuming, too. The effect is somewhat lost with the shorter dresses, but the way the women can glide over the dance floor can look barely human. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwoyvR6mEaQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwoyvR6mEaQ
- yostrovs 5y agoI'm curious whether anyone finds the images of the beauties actually attractive. I'm counting one mildly attractive picture in the article myself. Completely puzzled by what was considered beautiful back in the day.
- soniman 5y ago"Because the Circassian was thought to be the purest, most primordial exemplar of the white race, that may have led the white viewer to yet another thought: that the sexual fate and the sexual proclivities of the “Circassian Lady” (no true “lady” by Victorian standards because of these very proclivities) might just as well be those of any given “American Lady,” who must be, after all, the racial descendant of the woman on exhibit. And that, in turn, would suggest that the white American “lady” was, at bottom, in her unadorned, uncultured nature, no different from the Circassian—and so no different from the African." http://mirrorofrace.org/circassian/ http://mirrorofrace.org/circassian/
- yostrovs 5y agoThanks, but did you think any of them are attractive?
- angelzen 5y agoIt's American circus beauties. In the era of the freak show. If you are curious what made people talk about Circassian beauty back in the day, perhaps seek other sources. Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circassian_beauty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circassian_beauty > As a sideshow attraction, Circassian beauties were women with big hair, a reference to the teased hair they wore, held in place by beer. Circassian ancestry was not required as in this example.