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edited by M. Boyde. Captured : The Animal within Culture /
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arts.
- Literature.
- Sociology.
- Culture--Study and teaching.
- Culture.
- Performing arts.
- Theater.
- Bioethics.
- Fine Art.
- Cultural Studies.
- Theatre and Performance Arts.
- Local Subjects:
- Fine Art.
- Literature.
- Sociology.
- Cultural Studies.
- Theatre and Performance Arts.
- Bioethics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.. 2014.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 2008 the youtube video documenting the emotional reunion between two men and Christian the Lion became a worldwide sensation. Key themes of the essays in Captured: the Animal within Culture are encapsulated in Christian's story: the implications of the physical and cultural capture of animals.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note:
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on Contributors
- INTRODUCTION; Melissa Boyde
- 1. Verticality, Vertigo and Vulnerabilities: Giraffes in J.M. Ledgard's Novel Giraffe and in the Handspring Puppet Company's Play, Tall Horse; Wendy Woodward
- 2. The Scramble for Elephants: Exotic Animals and the Imperial Economy; John Simons
- 3. Christian the Lion: An Interview with Ace Bourke; Melissa Boyde
- 4. 'Mrs Boss! We gotta get those fat cheeky bullocks into that big bloody metal ship!': Live Export as Romantic Backdrop in Baz Luhrmann's Australia; Melissa Boyde
- 5. Animal Factories: Exposing Sites of Capture; Yvette Watt
- 6. Albatrosses and Western Attitudes to Killing Wild Birds; Graham Barwell
- 7. Capturing the Songs of Humpback Whales; Denise Russell
- 8. The Dog and the Chameleon Poet; Anne Collett
- 9. What Lies Below: Cephalopods and Humans; Helen Tiffin
- 10. Caught: Sentimental, Decorative Kangaroo Identities in Popular Culture; Peta Tait.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9781349461066
- 1349461067
- 9781137330505
- 1137330503
- OCLC:
- 870519601
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