Title The breathless zoo : taxidermy and the cultures of longing / Rachel Poliquin

Published University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2012] ©2012

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Description viii, 259 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm Series Animalibus : of animals and cultures Animalibus. Contents Wonder -- Beauty -- Spectacle -- Order -- Narrative -- Allegory -- Remembrance 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Taxidermy -- History. Taxidermy -- Social aspects. Taxidermy -- Psychological aspects. Human-animal relationships. Desire -- Social aspects. Animals in art. Animals in literature. LC no. 2011045700 ISBN 9780271053721 cloth acid-free paper 0271053720 cloth acid-free paper 0271053739 9780271053738

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