books.google.com - One of the most popular forms of international entertainment, the circus remains almost entirely absent from scholarly studies of theatrical forms. "Rings of Desire" is an introduction to the cultural history of the circus and its aesthetic reaches. Helen Stoddart outlines the particular challenges this...http://books.google.com/books/about/Rings_of_desire.html?id=84z0GaFanlsC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareRings of desire