HIST 2120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Vancouver Aquarium, Unit, The Instructor
13 Apr 2018
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This unit discusses two related phenomena: animals on stage & famous animals. Both are a product of modern communication media developed since the birth of the cheap handbill in the early 19th century. Issue #2 famous animals: famous and celebrity animals form a subset of the entertainment animals we consider this week. Randy malamud argues that, (cid:862)(cid:449)he(cid:374) (cid:449)e isolate a(cid:374)d (cid:272)ele(cid:271)rate a si(cid:374)gle ra(cid:271)(cid:271)it or dog as a fa(cid:373)ous a(cid:374)i(cid:373)al, (cid:449)e regulate the rest to a heighte(cid:374)ed o(cid:271)s(cid:272)urit(cid:455). (cid:863) 19th and 20th centuries: define and employ key terms of the unit: spectacle, wild animal, tame animal, trained animal, roadside zoo, new. The instructor will also post a number of links to online videos showing the 20th century equivalent to the 19th century wild animal circus, namely television and film productions featuring live animal characters. Some of the animals were celebrity animals, some were anonymous animals asked to play a famous character:
