The Spectacular Performance of Fire at Coney Island
by
Lynn Kathleen Sally
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2006
In Fighting the Flames, Sally contextualizes, historicizes, and theorizes the spectacular performance of fire at turn-of-the-twentieth century Coney Island. The performance of fire included staged exhibits, such as Fire and Flames and Fighting the Flames, and the real fires that plagued its history....