Elaine Andersen
Biographic Data
| ID | 1147834 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elaine Andersen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elaine |
| FAMILY NAME | Andersen |
| SIGNATURE | ANDERSEN E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Antwerp |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9249-855X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From Spectacle to Specimen
Amidst the nineteenth-century funfair, traveling menageries were an important and lucrative attraction providing light-hearted entertainment as well as circulating knowledge on natural history. This article delves into the multifaceted nature of knowledge creation, facilitation, and circulation by focusing on menageries as knowledge arenas, their owners as knowledge actors, and exotic animals as knowledge objects. Menagerie proprietors had differ…
Women at the wheel
In the flourishing entertainment culture of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries women were omnipresent on stage, showcasing their physical prowess as dancers, acrobats, trapeze artists, and animal tamers. However, the extent of their involvement behind the scenes remains relatively unknown. This paper explores the often-overlooked contributions of women in the management and workforce of the nineteenth-century funfair business in We…
Unfairness at the Funfair
The article explores the historical significance and agency of itinerant showpeople, a marginalised and frequently overlooked community, in the late 19th century. Focusing on the French Chambre Syndicale Patronale des Voyageurs Forains (CSPVF) and its journal Le Voyageur Forain, this study sheds light on the struggle of showpeople to safeguard their economic interests, counter societal prejudices, and gain respectability in society. The CSPVF, Eu…
Discourse Markers as Indicators of Register
The speech of twenty Spanish-English bilingual children, aged six to ten, was recorded while the children engaged in pretend play with puppets in Spanish. The puppets represented a variety of characters with different social relationships. Analyses focused on the distribution of discourse markers (DMs) across the different roles played. Results indicate that these children use DMs to specifically mark differences in sta- tus and in familiarity/in…
Discourse Markers as Indicators of Register
The speech of twenty Spanish-English bilingual children, aged six to ten, was recorded while the children engaged in pretend play with puppets in Spanish. The puppets represented a variety of characters with different social relationships. Analyses focused on the distribution of discourse markers (DMs) across the different roles played. Results indicate that these children use DMs to specifically mark differences in sta- tus and in familiarity/in…
Unfairness at the Funfair
The article explores the historical significance and agency of itinerant showpeople, a marginalised and frequently overlooked community, in the late 19th century. Focusing on the French Chambre Syndicale Patronale des Voyageurs Forains (CSPVF) and its journal Le Voyageur Forain, this study sheds light on the struggle of showpeople to safeguard their economic interests, counter societal prejudices, and gain respectability in society. The CSPVF, Eu…
Discourse Markers as Indicators of Register
The speech of twenty Spanish-English bilingual children, aged six to ten, was recorded while the children engaged in pretend play with puppets in Spanish. The puppets represented a variety of characters with different social relationships. Analyses focused on the distribution of discourse markers (DMs) across the different roles played. Results indicate that these children use DMs to specifically mark differences in sta- tus and in familiarity/in…
Unfairness at the Funfair
The article explores the historical significance and agency of itinerant showpeople, a marginalised and frequently overlooked community, in the late 19th century. Focusing on the French Chambre Syndicale Patronale des Voyageurs Forains (CSPVF) and its journal Le Voyageur Forain, this study sheds light on the struggle of showpeople to safeguard their economic interests, counter societal prejudices, and gain respectability in society. The CSPVF, Eu…
Women at the wheel
In the flourishing entertainment culture of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries women were omnipresent on stage, showcasing their physical prowess as dancers, acrobats, trapeze artists, and animal tamers. However, the extent of their involvement behind the scenes remains relatively unknown. This paper explores the often-overlooked contributions of women in the management and workforce of the nineteenth-century funfair business in We…
From Spectacle to Specimen
Amidst the nineteenth-century funfair, traveling menageries were an important and lucrative attraction providing light-hearted entertainment as well as circulating knowledge on natural history. This article delves into the multifaceted nature of knowledge creation, facilitation, and circulation by focusing on menageries as knowledge arenas, their owners as knowledge actors, and exotic animals as knowledge objects. Menagerie proprietors had differ…
Entertainment (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Agency (philosophy (1 work) · American History and Culture (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Art (1 work)