Performance Animals Revisited, or "What is Modernity for Animals & Us"
In 2012, Performing Humanity hosted work by Dr. Susan Nance on the history of circus performance animals. In light of today's...
Performing Humanity is an independent blog invested in promoting interdisciplinary conversations about the social structures that shape perceptions of humans and animals.
The site explores these questions through lenses of history and literature as well as with an eye to contemporary debates. At base, our mission is to raise questions about the origins, functions, and limits of these categories.