Title: Wild and dangerous performances : animals, emotions, circus /
Authors: Tait, Peta, 1953-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Circus.; Circus animals; Circus Psychological aspects.; Circus Social aspects.; PERFORMING ARTS Circus.; PERFORMING ARTS Circus.; PERFORMING ARTS General.; PERFORMING ARTS General.; PERFORMING ARTS Theater General.; PERFORMING ARTS Theater General.
Abstract: Elephants, lions, tigers and leopards evoke fascination and awe, fear and excitement.This book analyses trained acts in twentieth-century live circus and cinema, reveals how humans anthropomorphise animals with their emotions, and interrogates the notion that animals embody a phenomenology of emotions and feelings in culture.
Contents: Calm patience and pyramid poses -- The lion roars from a pedestal -- Dancing elephants in skirts -- Leopard around the neck -- Born free again -- Sensing emotion.