Elephants, lions, tigers and leopards evoke fascination and awe, fear and excitement. This book analyzes trained acts in twentieth-century live circus and cinema, reveals how humans anthropomorphize animals with their emotions, and interrogates the notion that animals embody a phenomenology of emotions and feelings in culture.

Autorentext
PETA TAIT is Professor and Chair of Theatre and Drama at La Trobe University, Australia.

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Contents Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Introduction Calm Patience and Pyramid Poses The Lion Roars from a Pedestal Dancing Elephants in Skirts Leopard Around the Neck Born Free Again Sensing Emotion Works Cited Index