Animal Modernity: Jumbo the Elephant and the Human Dilemma

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

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Beskrivning

The case of Jumbo exposed the 'human dilemma' of modern living, wherein people celebrated individual animals to cope or distract themselves from the wholesale slaughter of animals required by modern consumerism.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-10-08
Mått:140 x 216 x 17 mm
Vikt:269 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:102
Upplaga:2015
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137562067

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Susan Nance is Associate Professor of History and affiliated faculty with the Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare at the University of Guelph, Canada. She has authored various articles and books, including Entertaining Elephants: Animal Agency and the Business of the American Circus (2013), and The Historical Animal (2015).

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Modernity for Animals? 1. Jumbo: Sentient Animal Celebrity 2. Jumbo: Tourist and Consumer 3. Jumbo: Carcass, Relic, Toy Conclusion: From Jumbo to Knut