Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads: The Culture of Natural History Museums

Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads: The Culture of Natural History Museums 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. Autor: Stephen T. (Professor of Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Humanities Asma Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press Rok wydania: 2003 Okładka: miękka Liczba stron: 318 Wymiary: 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm Ilustracje: numerous halftones Język: angielski ISBN: 9780195163360