Seeing the Elephant: Constructing Culture in Britain and the United States after Jumbo
Symbiosis 4.2 111-132
Author: T. J. Lustig
25 pages
This micro-ebook, "‘Seeing the Elephant’: Constructing Culture in Britain and the United States after Jumbo" by T. J. Lustig, provides a thorough analysis of the cultural impact and symbolic significance of Jumbo the elephant's journey from Britain to the United States. Originally published in Symbiosis: a Journal of Anglo-American Literary Relations, this essay examines the broader implications of this event on Anglo-American cultural and political relations, using the figure of Jumbo to explore themes of nationalism, imperialism, and identity. This micro-ebook is an essential resource for scholars and enthusiasts of cultural studies, history, and literary criticism.
Symbiosis 4.2 111-132
Author: T. J. Lustig
25 pages
This micro-ebook, "‘Seeing the Elephant’: Constructing Culture in Britain and the United States after Jumbo" by T. J. Lustig, provides a thorough analysis of the cultural impact and symbolic significance of Jumbo the elephant's journey from Britain to the United States. Originally published in Symbiosis: a Journal of Anglo-American Literary Relations, this essay examines the broader implications of this event on Anglo-American cultural and political relations, using the figure of Jumbo to explore themes of nationalism, imperialism, and identity. This micro-ebook is an essential resource for scholars and enthusiasts of cultural studies, history, and literary criticism.
Symbiosis 4.2 111-132
Author: T. J. Lustig
25 pages
This micro-ebook, "‘Seeing the Elephant’: Constructing Culture in Britain and the United States after Jumbo" by T. J. Lustig, provides a thorough analysis of the cultural impact and symbolic significance of Jumbo the elephant's journey from Britain to the United States. Originally published in Symbiosis: a Journal of Anglo-American Literary Relations, this essay examines the broader implications of this event on Anglo-American cultural and political relations, using the figure of Jumbo to explore themes of nationalism, imperialism, and identity. This micro-ebook is an essential resource for scholars and enthusiasts of cultural studies, history, and literary criticism.
 "On 25 January 1882 the Commercial Intelligence section of The Times reported the sale for £2000 of a twenty-one-year-old African elephant standing more than eleven feet high at the shoulders. The elephant’s name was Jumbo. His purchaser’s name was Phineas Taylor Barnum. The vendor was the Royal Zoological Society. Jumbo (whose behaviour had become less predictable as he reached sexual maturity) was to be moved from his quarters in the Royal Zoological Gardens and transported to the United States where he would perform in Barnum, Bailey and Hutchinson’s circus. Public response to this disclosure was initially muted. Following reports that Jumbo had refused to enter the crate intended to convey him to the docks, however, the trickle of adverse comment swelled to a flood of protest. A letter to The Times on 21 February expressed ‘disgust’ at Jumbo’s sale to ‘an American showman’." You Might Also Like |
