The breathless zoo : taxidermy and the cultures of longing / / Rachel Poliquin
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| Autore: |
Poliquin Rachel <1975->
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| Titolo: |
The breathless zoo : taxidermy and the cultures of longing / / Rachel Poliquin
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| Pubblicazione: | University Park, Pennsylvania : , : Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2012] |
| ©2012 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (271 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 590.752 |
| Soggetto topico: | Animals in literature |
| Desire - Social aspects | |
| Taxidermy - Social aspects | |
| Taxidermy - Psychological aspects | |
| Taxidermy - History | |
| Animals in art | |
| Human-animal relationships | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The breathless zoo |
| ISBN: | 0-271-06864-7 |
| 0-271-05563-4 | |
| 0-271-05962-1 | |
| 0-271-05961-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910814514603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Animalibus : Of Animals and Cultures