Elephants are not picked from trees :: animal biographies in Gothenburg Natural History Museum /

"The book examines how the museum acquired animals for its exhibits from 1906 to 1948, and how living animals bodies became museum exhibits. Using photographs and documents from the Gothenburg Natural History Museum, the book shows that these museums are in possession of valuable material for w...

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1. Verfasser: Thorsen, Liv Emma (VerfasserIn)
Körperschaft: Göteborgs naturhistoriska museum
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Aarhus : Aarhus University Press, [2014]
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Zusammenfassung:"The book examines how the museum acquired animals for its exhibits from 1906 to 1948, and how living animals bodies became museum exhibits. Using photographs and documents from the Gothenburg Natural History Museum, the book shows that these museums are in possession of valuable material for writing the cultural history of animals, and that the museums of natural history display a nature that is historically, socially and culturally construed."--Page 4 of cover
Beschreibung:1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-250) and index.
ISBN:9788771840827
8771840826

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