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oapen-20.500.12657-315222021-11-08T09:21:41Z Fighting Nature Tait, Peta History 19th century animal rights animal spectacles animal welfare animals and society animals and civilisation animals in the performing arts circus exotic animals human–animal relationships modern history Elephant London bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFZ Animals & society Fighting Nature is an insightful analysis of the historical legacy of 19th century colonialism, war, animal acquisition and transportation. This legacy of entrenched beliefs about the human right to exploit other animal species is yet to be defeated. Throughout the 19th century animals were integrated into staged scenarios of confrontation, ranging from lion acts in small cages to large-scale re-enactments of war. Initially presenting a handful of exotic animals, travelling menageries grew to contain multiple species in their thousands. These 19th-century menageries entrenched beliefs about the human right to exploit nature through war-like practices against other animal species. Animal shows became a stimulus for antisocial behaviour as locals taunted animals, caused fights, and even turned into violent mobs. Human societal problems were difficult to separate from issues of cruelty to animals. 2017-03-01 23:55:55 2020-02-12 03:00:33 2020-04-01T13:38:22Z 2020-04-01T13:38:22Z 2015-12-31 book 627415 OCN: 920569989 9781743325001 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31522 eng Animal Publics application/pdf n/a 627415.pdf Sydney University Press 10.30722/sup.9781743324301 100424 10.30722/sup.9781743324301 6c1c2d37-ea9c-493b-9beb-25f6564f99c3 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781743325001 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Sydney 100424 KU Select 2016 Backlist Collection Knowledge Unlatched open access
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Fighting Nature is an insightful analysis of the historical legacy of 19th century colonialism, war, animal acquisition and transportation. This legacy of entrenched beliefs about the human right to exploit other animal species is yet to be defeated. Throughout the 19th century animals were integrated into staged scenarios of confrontation, ranging from lion acts in small cages to large-scale re-enactments of war. Initially presenting a handful of exotic animals, travelling menageries grew to contain multiple species in their thousands. These 19th-century menageries
entrenched beliefs about the human right to exploit nature through war-like practices against other animal species. Animal shows became a stimulus for antisocial behaviour as locals taunted animals, caused fights, and even turned into violent mobs. Human societal problems were difficult to separate from issues of cruelty to animals.
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