Paper tiger : a visual history of the thylacine /

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Author / Creator:Freeman, Carol.
Imprint:Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Description:1 online resource (xiv, 287 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Language:English
Series:Human-animal studies ; v. 9
Human-animal studies ; v. 9.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11245624
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ISBN:9789004186729
9004186727
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-275) and index.
English.
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Summary: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, drawings and photographs published between 1808 and 1936, paying attention to the messages they convey, the politics of representation, and the impact on the lives of animals. This approach challenges conventional histories, offers new understandings of human-animal interactions, and presents a chilling story o.
Other form:Print version: Freeman, Carol. Paper tiger. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010 9789004181656
Standard no.:10.1163/ej.9789004181656.i-288.
9786612952289