Overview
The first section of the anthology, āCultural and Classical Elephants,ā explores the earliest mentions of elephants in African mythology, Hindu theology, and Aristotle and other ancient Greek texts. āColonial and Industrial Elephantsā finds elephants in the crosshairs of colonial exploitation in accounts pulled from memoirs commodifying African elephants as a source of ivory, novel targets for bloodsport, and occasional export for circuses and zoos. āWorking and Performing Elephantsā gives firsthand accounts of the often cruel training methods and treatment inflicted on elephants to achieve submission and obedience.
As elephants became an object of scientific curiosity in the mid-twentieth century, wildlife biologists explored elephant families and kinship, behaviors around sex and love, language and self-awareness, and enhanced communications with sound and smell. The pieces featured in āScientific and Social Elephantsā give readers a glimpse into major discoveries in elephant behaviors. āEndangered Elephantsā points to the future of the elephant, whose numbers continue to be ravaged by ivory poachers. Peterson concludes with a section on literary elephants and ends on a hopeful note with the 1967 essay āDear Elephant, Sir,ā which argues for the moral imperative to save elephants as an act of redemption for their systematic abuse and mistreatment at human hands.
Essential to our understanding of this beloved creature, Thirty-Three Ways of Looking at an Elephant is a must for any elephant lover or armchair environmentalist.
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