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Wild and Dangerous Performances: Animals, Emotions, Circus (Paperback)

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By P. Tait
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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.

About the Author


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

Product Details
ISBN: 9781349319619
ISBN-10: 1349319619
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Publication Date: January 1st, 2012
Pages: 229
Language: English