Animals on Display: The Creaturely in Museums, Zoos, and Natural History

John Berger famously said that "in the last two centuries, animals have gradually disappeared." Those who share his view contend that animals have been removed from our daily lives and that we have been removed from the daily lives of animals. This has been the impetus for a plethora of representational practices that, broadly conceived, work to fill in the gap between humans and animals. Ironically, many of these may ultimately intensify the very...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271060719
• ISBN13: 9780271060712
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"