Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 3
Part I Ohr the Man
Chapter 1 Queer Genius and Freakish Fool Ohr in His Own Time 11
Chapter 2 Make a Spectacle of Yourself Ohr at World's Fairs and Expositions 22
Chapter 3 Twixt Genius and Humbug Ohr, Mass Media, and Self-Promotion 33
Chapter 4 "Smart Aleck, Damphool Potter" Ohr as a Southern Character 46
Chapter 5 Real Head-Heart-Hand-and-Soul Art Ohr, Socialism, and Individual Purpose 58
Chapter 6 Beauty of the Grotesque The Malformed, Marginalized, and Mudbabies 72
Part II Ohr the Potter
Chapter 7 George Ohr, Art Potter 87
Chapter 8 Ruffling, Crumpling, and Twisting Ohr's Visual Vocabulary 101
Chapter 9 Strategy and Meaning in Ohr's Pots 114
Conclusion 128
Notes 135
Bibliography 147
Index 156
