The Breathless Zoo
Taxidermy and the Cultures of Longing
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2012
Pennsylvania State University Press (Verlag)
978-0-271-05372-1 (ISBN)
Pennsylvania State University Press (Verlag)
978-0-271-05372-1 (ISBN)
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A cultural and poetic analysis of the art and science of taxidermy, from sixteenth-century cabinets of wonders to contemporary animal art.
From sixteenth-century cabinets of wonders to contemporary animal art, The Breathless Zoo: Taxidermy and the Cultures of Longing examines the cultural and poetic history of preserving animals in lively postures. But why would anyone want to preserve an animal, and what is this animal-thing now? Rachel Poliquin suggests that taxidermy is entwined with the enduring human longing to find meaning with and within the natural world. Her study draws out the longings at the heart of taxidermy—the longing for wonder, beauty, spectacle, order, narrative, allegory, and remembrance. In so doing, The Breathless Zoo explores the animal spectacles desired by particular communities, human assumptions of superiority, the yearnings for hidden truths within animal form, and the loneliness and longing that haunt our strange human existence, being both within and apart from nature.
From sixteenth-century cabinets of wonders to contemporary animal art, The Breathless Zoo: Taxidermy and the Cultures of Longing examines the cultural and poetic history of preserving animals in lively postures. But why would anyone want to preserve an animal, and what is this animal-thing now? Rachel Poliquin suggests that taxidermy is entwined with the enduring human longing to find meaning with and within the natural world. Her study draws out the longings at the heart of taxidermy—the longing for wonder, beauty, spectacle, order, narrative, allegory, and remembrance. In so doing, The Breathless Zoo explores the animal spectacles desired by particular communities, human assumptions of superiority, the yearnings for hidden truths within animal form, and the loneliness and longing that haunt our strange human existence, being both within and apart from nature.
Rachel Poliquin is a writer and curator engaged with the cultural and poetic history of the natural world. She has curated taxidermy exhibits for the Museum of Vancouver and the Beaty Biodiversity Museum at the University of British Columbia. Poliquin is the author of www.ravishingbeasts.com, a website dedicated to exploring the cultural history of taxidermy.
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1Wonder
2Beauty
3Spectacle
4Order
5Narrative
6Allegory
7Remembrance
Notes
Index
| Reihe/Serie | Animalibus |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 31 Halftones, color; 5 Halftones, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Pennsylvania |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 203 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 1089 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| Weitere Fachgebiete ► Handwerk | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-271-05372-0 / 0271053720 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-271-05372-1 / 9780271053721 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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