Stuffed animals and pickled heads: the culture of natural history museums
Auteur :
Asma
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195163360
Date de publication :
15 mai 2003
Dimensions :
22,3 x 14,9 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
472 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The natural history museum is a place where the line between "high" and "low" culture effectively vanishes - where our awe of nature, our taste for the bizarre and our thirst for knowledge all blend together. But, as this text shows, there is more going on in these institutions than just smart fun.