The breathless zoo : taxidermy and the cultures of longing / Rachel Poliquin.
Series: Animalibus : of animals and culturesPublication details: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2012.Description: viii, 259 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780271053721 (cloth : acidfree paper)
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- QL63 .P65 2012
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| QL60 .R67 1982 The wildlife observer's guidebook / | QL63 .G7 Home book of taxidermy and tanning | QL63 .M67 1979 Practical taxidermy / | QL63 .P65 2012 The breathless zoo : taxidermy and the cultures of longing / | QL76 .A75 2018 The ark and beyond : the evolution of zoo and aquarium conservation / | QL76 .G723 2017 Zoo ethics : the challenges of compassionate conservation / | QL76 .J468 2007 Thought to exist in the wild : awakening from the nightmare of zoos / |
"A cultural and poetic analysis of the art and science of taxidermy, from sixteenth-century cabinets of wonders to contemporary animal art"--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Wonder -- Beauty -- Spectacle -- Order -- Narrative -- Allegory -- Remembrance.
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