, to see if you have full access to this publication.
Monograph No access
In the Footsteps of Zarafa, First Giraffe in France
A Chronicle of Giraffomania, 1826–1845
Authors:
Publisher:
2020
Summary
This engaging account traces the remarkable history of France's first giraffe, a diplomatic gift from Egyptian Pasha Muhammed-Ali to King Charles X in 1826. “Zarafa,” taken by boat from Egypt to Marseilles and walked all the way to Paris, was accompanied by her Arab handlers and a famous French naturalist. She drew vast crowds along her route, sparking a giraffomania that was widely documented in art and literature. Her initial journey and then long and celebrated residence in Paris encapsulates nineteenth-century French socio-political history and highlights the emerging evolutionary theories of the time. Over fifty illustrations from the period illuminate this rare encounter with a unique animal that is now endangered and deserving of our greater attention and understanding.
Keywords
Search publication
Bibliographic data
Edition
1/2020
Copyright Year
2020
ISBN-Print
978-1-5381-4223-3
ISBN-Online
978-1-5381-4225-7
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
186
Product Type
Monograph
Table of contents
ChapterPages
CONTENTS No access
AUTHOR’S NOTE No access
FOREWORD No access
PREFACE No access
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS No access
1. THE GIRAFFE BEFORE ZARAFA: A Polymorphous Monster No access Pages 1 - 12
2. ILLUSTRIOUS GODPARENTS: A Predestined Animal No access Pages 13 - 24
3. THE PASHA’S GIFT: Diplomacy at Stake No access Pages 25 - 36
4. ZARAFA IN FRANCE: A Royal Triumph No access Pages 37 - 52
5. THE ANIMAL UNDER A MAGNIFYING GLASS: An Aberration of Nature No access Pages 53 - 66
6. BETWEEN SCIENCE AND RELIGION: An Animal at a Price No access Pages 67 - 92
7. TRADE AND GIRAFFOMANIA: Marketing Materials No access Pages 93 - 108
8. POLITICAL CARICATURE: A Satirical Weapon No access Pages 109 - 140
9. ZARAFA’S LEGACY: An Existential Fable No access Pages 141 - 156
NOTES No access Pages 157 - 162
BIBLIOGRAPHY No access Pages 163 - 172
INDEX No access Pages 173 - 184
ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND TRANSLATOR No access Pages 185 - 186
