Paper tiger : a visual history of the thylacine /

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Images of animals generate perceptions that have a profound effect on attitudes toward species. Can representations contribute to their extinction?Paper Tigerconsiders the role of illustrations in the demise of the thylacine or Tasmanian 'tiger'. It critiques 80 engravings, lithographs, dr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Freeman, Carol
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Colección:Human-animal studies ; v. 9.
Temas:
Thylacine.
Thylacine > Social aspects.
Thylacine > Pictorial works.
Extinct animals > Australia > History.
Zoological illustration > History.
Loup marsupial.
Loup marsupial > Aspect social.
Loup marsupial > Ouvrages illustrés.
Animaux disparus > Australie > Histoire.
Illustration zoologique > Histoire.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Mammals.
NATURE > Animals > Mammals.
Extinct animals.
Zoological illustration.
Australia.
illustrated books.
History.
Pictorial works.
Illustrated works.
Ouvrages illustrés.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "In every respect new"
  • Vermin!
  • "Mr. Gould's very beautiful work"
  • A Tasmanian wolf
  • The impact of photography
  • The thylacine refigured
  • Forgetting and remembering.

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