{"product_id":"the-breathless-zoo-rachel-poliquin-9780271053738","title":"The Breathless Zoo: Taxidermy and the Cultures of Longing","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom sixteenth-century cabinets of wonders to contemporary animal art, \u003ci\u003eThe Breathless Zoo: Taxidermy and the Cultures of Longing\u003c\/i\u003e examines the cultural and poetic history of preserving animals in lively postures. But why would anyone want to preserve an animal, and what is this animal-thing now? Rachel Poliquin suggests that taxidermy is entwined with the enduring human longing to find meaning with and within the natural world. Her study draws out the longings at the heart of taxidermy--the longing for wonder, beauty, spectacle, order, narrative, allegory, and remembrance. In so doing, \u003ci\u003eThe Breathless Zoo\u003c\/i\u003e explores the animal spectacles desired by particular communities, human assumptions of superiority, the yearnings for hidden truths within animal form, and the loneliness and longing that haunt our strange human existence, being both within and apart from nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rachel Poliquin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271053739\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271053738\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 8.05w x 0.68d","brand":"Rachel Poliquin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44717135528191,"sku":"9780271053738","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6ea24dbe-32f3-491f-b3e7-ffc7fdc25dc4.jpg?v=1705687100","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-breathless-zoo-rachel-poliquin-9780271053738","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}