Jumping Through Hoops
(Feminist Press, 2025)
Jumping Through Hoops describes how the unusual performing women of the nineteenth century circus have shaped our modern understanding of gender, culture, and performance.
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Circus and Sideshow in the Long Nineteenth Century
Forthcoming from Routledge, June 2026
This collection will bring together a series of primary source documents derived from archives, journals, newspapers, out-of-print books, and other written materials pertaining to the circus during the long-nineteenth century (1789-1919). I’m a co-editor for the series volumes on North America.
Fast Famous Women
Gina Barreca, editor; Woodhall Press (2025)
For centuries, women in the public eye have shaped their own visions of a woman’s life, talents, role, and possibilities. For this nonfiction collection, I wrote an essay about how Annie Oakley was as sharp in a courtroom as she was with a rifle.
