Elephants are not picked from trees: animal biographies in the gothenburg museum of natural history
Auteur :
Thorsen, Liv Emma
Éditeur :
Aarhus University Press
ISBN :
9788771242126
Date de publication :
1 sept. 2014
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Danemark
Using photographs and documents from the Gothenburg Museum of Natural History, the book shows that these museums are in possession of valuable material for writing the cultural history of animals, and that the museums of natural history display a nature that is historically, socially and culturally construed.