Entertaining elephants : animal agency and the business of the American circus

How the lives and labors of nineteenth-century circus elephants shaped the entertainment industry. Consider the career of an enduring if controversial icon of American entertainment: the genial circus elephant. In Entertaining Elephants Susan Nance examines elephant behavior—drawing on the scientifi...

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Hlavný autor: Nance, Susan
Médium: E-kniha Kniha
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: Baltimore, Md John Hopkins University Press 2013
Johns Hopkins University Press
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Vydanie:1
Edícia:Animals, History, Culture
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ISBN:9781421408293, 1421408295, 9781421408736, 1421408732
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  • Cover, Title Page Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Turning the Circus Inside Out 1. Why Elephants in the Early Republic? 2. Becoming an Elephant “Actor” 3. Learning to Take Direction 4. Punishing Bull Elephants 5. Herd Management in the Gilded Age 6. Going Off Script 7. Animal Cultures Lost in the Circus, Then and Now Notes Essay on Sources Index
  • Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Turning the Circus Inside Out -- 1 Why Elephants in the Early Republic? -- 2 Becoming an Elephant "Actor" -- 3 Learning to Take Direction -- 4 Punishing Bull Elephants -- 5 Herd Management in the Gilded Age -- 6 Going Off Script -- 7 Animal Cultures Lost in the Circus, Then and Now -- Notes -- Essay on Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z