Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Graduate Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 2015 Animal people Meghan Ann Brown Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd Part of the Environmental Sciences Commons, Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons, and the Zoology Commons Recommended Citation Brown, Meghan Ann, "Animal people" (2015). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 14646. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/14646 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Animal people by Meghan Ann Brown A thesis submitted to the graduate faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF FINE ARTS Major: Creative Writing and Environment Program of Study Committee Debra Marquart, Major Professor Barbara Haas Matthew Sivils Michael Dahlstrom Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 2015 Copyright © Meghan Ann Brown, 2015. All rights reserved. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS THIRTEEN WAYS OF LOOKING AT A LION: A FOREWORD iii CHAPTER ONE. THE FURSUIT OF HAPPINESS 1 CHAPTER TWO. ANIMAL LOVER 19 CHAPTER THREE. CAPTIVE WILD 37 CHAPTER FOUR. OVERKILL 53 CHAPTER FIVE. THE RESURRECTION TRADE 72 CHAPTER SIX. UNBRIDLED AMBITION 89 CHAPTER SEVEN. VICIOUS CIRCLE 110 CHAPTER EIGHT. THE SECRET LIFE OF BONES 134 ENDNOTES (By Chapter) CHAPTER ONE 148 CHAPTER TWO 151 CHAPTER THREE 157 CHAPTER FOUR 160 CHAPTER FIVE 163 CHAPTER SIX 165 CHAPTER SEVEN 171 CHAPTER EIGHT 183 iii THIRTEEN WAYS OF LOOKING AT A LION: A FOREWORD Imagine you’re at the zoo, standing in front of an enclosure that contains a magnificent lion.