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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811917703321

Titolo

The afterlives of animals : a museum menagerie / / edited by Samuel J.M.M. Alberti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2011

ISBN

1-280-49016-0

9786613585394

0-8139-3208-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AlbertiSamuel J. M. M

Disciplina

590

Soggetti

Famous animals

Famous animals - Collection and preservation

Natural history museums

Zoological specimens - Collection and preservation

Animals

Taxidermy

Menageries

Animals and civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : the dead ark / Samuel J.M.M. Alberti -- "The Queen's ass" : the cultural life of Queen Charlotte's zebra in Georgian Britain / Christopher Plumb -- Maharajah the elephant's journey : from nature to culture / Samuel J.M.M. Alberti -- Sir Roger the elephant / Richard Sutcliffe, Mike Rutherford, and Jeanne Robinson -- "Under my skin" : the biography of a Manchester mandrill / Sophie Everest -- Balto the dog / Rachel Poliquin -- The biogeographies of a hollow-eyed harrier / Merle Patchett, Kate Foster, and Hayden Lorimer -- Biological objects and "mascotism" : the life and times of Alfred the gorilla / Hannah Paddon -- Neurath's whale / Michelle Henning -- The afterlife of Chi-Chi / Henry Nicholls -- The Thames whale : the difficult birth of a celebrity specimen / Richard C. Sabin -- Enlivened through memory : hunters and hunting trophies / Garry Marvin -- An afterword on



afterlife / Geoffrey N. Swinney.

Sommario/riassunto

Sabin, Natural History Museum * Richard Sutcliffe, Glasgow Museums * Geoffrey N. Swinney, University of Edinburgh.