Animal Modernity: Jumbo the Elephant and the Human Dilemma (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015)

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 himself, transformed the elephant from an orphan of the global ivory trade and zoo captive into a distracting international celebrity. Citizens on two continents imaged Jumbo as a sentient individual and pet, but were aghast when he died in an industrial accident and his remains were absorbed by the taxidermic and animal rendering industries reserved for anonymous animals. 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.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2015
First published:	2015
Authors:	Susan Nance
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	102
Edition:	1st ed. 2015
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-56206-7
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets > Zoos & wildlife parks Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Animals & society > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Promotions
LSN:	1-137-56206-4
Barcode:	9781137562067

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