Animal modernity : Jumbo the Elephant and the human dilemma / Susan Nance.

The concept of 'modernity' is central to many disciplines, but what is modernity to animals? Susan Nance answers this question through a radical reinterpretation of the life of Jumbo the elephant. In the 1880s, consumers, the media, zoos, circuses and taxidermists, and (unknowingly) Jumbo...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author:	Nance, Susan (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Basingstoke] : Palgrave Pivot, 2015.
Subjects:	Jumbo > (Elephant) Animal rights > Moral and ethical aspects. Animals > Social aspects. Animal welfare > History. Captive elephants. Captive wild animals > Moral and ethical aspects. Animal welfare. History.