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The breathless zoo : taxidermy and the cultures of longing / Rachel Poliquin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Poliquin, Rachel, 1975- author.
- Series:
- Animalibus : Of Animals and Cultures
- Animalibus : of animals and cultures
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Animals in literature.
- Desire--Social aspects.
- Desire.
- Taxidermy--Social aspects.
- Taxidermy.
- Taxidermy--Psychological aspects.
- Taxidermy--History.
- Animals in art.
- Human-animal relationships.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (271 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2012]
- Summary:
- "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.
- Contents:
- COVER Front; CIP Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Notes to Introduction; Chapter 1: Wonder; Notes to Chapter 1; Chapter 2: Beauty; Notes to Chapter 2; Chapter 3: Spectacle; Notes to Chapter 3; Chapter 4: Order; Notes to Chapter 4; Chapter 5: Narrative; Notes to Chapter 5; Chapter 6: Allegory; Notes to Chapter 6; Chapter 7: Remembrance; Notes to Chapter 7; Notes; Index; COVER Back
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780271068640
- 0271068647
- 9780271055633
- 0271055634
- 9780271059624
- 0271059621
- 9780271059617
- 0271059613
- OCLC:
- 846496639
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