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ISBN: | 9789004186729 9004186727 1282952285 9781282952287 9786612952289 6612952288 9789004181656 9004181652
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Digital file characteristics: | data file
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-275) and index. English. Print version record.
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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.
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Other form: | Print version: Freeman, Carol. Paper tiger. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010 9789004181656
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Standard no.: | 10.1163/ej.9789004181656.i-288. 9786612952289
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