Entertaining Elephants
Title | Entertaining Elephants PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Nance |
Publisher | JHU Press |
Total Pages | 306 |
Release | 2013-03-27 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1421408732 |
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 scientific literature of animal cognition, learning, and communications—to offer a study of elephants as actors (rather than objects) in American circus entertainment between 1800 and 1940. By developing a deeper understanding of animal behavior, Nance asserts, we can more fully explain the common history of all species. Entertaining Elephants is the first account that uses research on animal welfare, health, and cognition to interpret the historical record, examining how both circus people and elephants struggled behind the scenes to meet the profit necessities of the entertainment business. The book does not claim that elephants understood, endorsed, or resisted the world of show business as a human cultural or business practice, but it does speak of elephants rejecting the conditions of their experience. They lived in a kind of parallel reality in the circus, one that was defined by their interactions with people, other elephants, horses, bull hooks, hay, and the weather. Nance’s study informs and complicates contemporary debates over human interactions with animals in entertainment and beyond, questioning the idea of human control over animals and people's claims to speak for them. As sentient beings, these elephants exercised agency, but they had no way of understanding the human cultures that created their captivity, and they obviously had no claim on (human) social and political power. They often lived lives of apparent desperation.
Entertaining Elephants
Title | Entertaining Elephants PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Nance |
Publisher | JHU Press |
Total Pages | 306 |
Release | 2013-03-27 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1421408295 |
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 scientific literature of animal cognition, learning, and communications—to offer a study of elephants as actors (rather than objects) in American circus entertainment between 1800 and 1940. By developing a deeper understanding of animal behavior, Nance asserts, we can more fully explain the common history of all species. Entertaining Elephants is the first account that uses research on animal welfare, health, and cognition to interpret the historical record, examining how both circus people and elephants struggled behind the scenes to meet the profit necessities of the entertainment business. The book does not claim that elephants understood, endorsed, or resisted the world of show business as a human cultural or business practice, but it does speak of elephants rejecting the conditions of their experience. They lived in a kind of parallel reality in the circus, one that was defined by their interactions with people, other elephants, horses, bull hooks, hay, and the weather. Nance’s study informs and complicates contemporary debates over human interactions with animals in entertainment and beyond, questioning the idea of human control over animals and people's claims to speak for them. As sentient beings, these elephants exercised agency, but they had no way of understanding the human cultures that created their captivity, and they obviously had no claim on (human) social and political power. They often lived lives of apparent desperation.
Entertaining Elephant
Title | Entertaining Elephant PDF eBook |
Author | Martin James Kernan |
Publisher | Alphapet Publishing |
Total Pages | 28 |
Release | 2012-01-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781467541497 |
Rock-out with Entertaining Elephant! Witness the antics of this lovable and inspiring pachyderm as recounted in a song by her rock-star son. The elephant will cheer readers up as she teaches her animal friends how to have fun together.
14 Fun Facts About Elephants: A 15-Minute Book
Title | 14 Fun Facts About Elephants: A 15-Minute Book PDF eBook |
Author | Caitlind L. Alexander |
Publisher | Learning Island |
Total Pages | 47 |
Release | |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN |
You might know that they are the biggest land animal on earth, but here are some other things about elephants that you might not know. How much water can an elephant’s trunk hold? Can an elephant drink through its trunk? Can an elephant’s foot get stuck in the mud? Can elephants run? Learn the answer to these questions and many more in this 15-Minute Book. Elephants are huge, exciting animals that have some strange ways of doing things. How much do you know about them? The Educational Version has activities that meet Common Core Curriculum Standards. LearningIsland.com believes in the value of children practicing reading for 15 minutes every day. Our 15-Minute Books give children lots of fun, exciting choices to read, from classic stories, to mysteries, to books of knowledge. Open the world of reading to a child by having them read for 15 minutes a day.
The Truth About Elephants
Title | The Truth About Elephants PDF eBook |
Author | Maxwell Eaton, III |
Publisher | Roaring Brook Press |
Total Pages | 32 |
Release | 2018-11-27 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1250234387 |
Did you know that an elephant's tusks never stop growing? Did you know that elephants can sometimes purr like giant cats? And that they use six sets of teeth throughout their lives? Impress your friends and teachers with these facts and more in The Truth About Elephants, a wildly entertaining (not to mention hilarious) nonfiction picture book offering everything you want to know about this majestic animal.
Entertaining an Elephant
Title | Entertaining an Elephant PDF eBook |
Author | Bill McBride |
Publisher | Under One Roof |
Total Pages | 115 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780965625401 |
A poignant story of a 15 year veteran teacher who has lost his ability to touch the lives of today's kids. Through the help of an unlikely hero, he finds his love of teaching again.
Grandma Elephant's in Charge
Title | Grandma Elephant's in Charge PDF eBook |
Author | Martin Jenkins |
Publisher | Candlewick |
Total Pages | 32 |
Release | 2014-09-23 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0763673811 |
“Cheerfully informal. . . . Lighthearted and affectionate.” — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books An entertaining, educational look at the everyday life of a family of elephants —who never forget who’s in charge. Grandma! In lively prose interspersed with fun facts, Martin Jenkins spins a striking story about this no-nonsense matriarch and her remarkable brood, while Ivan Bates brings the great beasts to rumbling, tumbling, lumbering life.