Captured: The Animal Within Culture

Graham Barwell, University of Wollongong, AustraliaAnthony 'Ace' Bourke, independent art curator and writerMelissa Boyde, University of Wollongong, AustraliaAnne Collett, University of Wollongong, AustraliaDenise Russell, University of Wollongong, AustraliaJohn Simons, Macquarie University, AustraliaPeta Tait, La Trobe University, AustraliaHelen Tiffin, University of Wollongong, AustraliaYvette Watt, University of Tasmania, AustraliaWendy Woodward, University of the Western Cape, South Africa

In 2008 the youtube video documenting the emotional reunion between two men and Christian the Lion became a worldwide sensation. Key themes of the essays in Captured: the Animal within Culture are encapsulated in Christian's story: the implications of the physical and cultural capture of animals.

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors INTRODUCTION; Melissa Boyde 1. Verticality, Vertigo and Vulnerabilities: Giraffes in J.M. Ledgard's Novel Giraffe and in the Handspring Puppet Company's Play, Tall Horse ; Wendy Woodward 2. The Scramble for Elephants: Exotic Animals and the Imperial Economy; John Simons 3. Christian the Lion: An Interview with Ace Bourke; Melissa Boyde 4. 'Mrs Boss! We gotta get those fat cheeky bullocks into that big bloody metal ship!': Live Export as Romantic Backdrop in Baz Luhrmann's Australia; Melissa Boyde 5. Animal Factories: Exposing Sites of Capture; Yvette Watt 6. Albatrosses and Western Attitudes to Killing Wild Birds; Graham Barwell 7. Capturing the Songs of Humpback Whales; Denise Russell 8. The Dog and the Chameleon Poet; Anne Collett 9. What Lies Below: Cephalopods and Humans; Helen Tiffin 10. Caught: Sentimental, Decorative Kangaroo Identities in Popular Culture; Peta Tait