Paper Tiger
Biographical note
Carol Freeman is a Research Associate at the University of Tasmania. Her various publications focus on visual representations of animals, bioethics, and the role of popular culture in wildlife conservation. She is also co-editor of Considering Animals: Contemporary Studies in Human-Animal Relations, to be published by Ashgate.
Readership
This book will interest human-animal studies scholars, zoologists, conservationists, cultural historians, print collectors and museum curators. It provides both a visual resource and a compelling story for general readers.
Reviews
“There is so much commending this book. Freeman writes thoughtfully, carefully and with force … telling the story of the thylacine in an original and deeply affecting way ... and the book is a very good read”
Nigel Rothfels, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Nigel Rothfels, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Table of contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Timeline
Introduction
Extinction of the Thylacine
Cultures of Natural History
Animals in Print
The Zoological Illustration
1. “In Every Respect New”
An Injured ‘Opossum’
The Ambivalence of George Prideaux Harris
Imagining the Monster
French Copies
The Mystery of Bilderbuch für Kinder
British Copies
Imperial Pressures
Transformations
Continental Impressions
British Images
2. Vermin!
The Naturalist’s Library
Lizars’ Engraving
Constructing a Sheep-Killer
Copies and Reproductions
Adaptations
Economic Zoology
3. “Mr. Gould’s Very Beautiful Work”
The Thylacine Comes to Britain
The Mammals of Australia
Colonial Networks
Joseph Wolf
Copies
Louisa Meredith
Broinowski’s Folly
More Copies
4. A Tasmanian Wolf
Wolf Mythology
Crying Wolf
More Continental Versions
Newspaper Illustrations
Reading Darwin’s Theories
Variations
The Images
Colour Plates
5. The Impact of Photography
The Open Door
In London Zoo
Tasmanian Captives
6. The Thylacine Refigured
Posing the Animal
Cropping the Image
New Backgrounds
Removing the Backdrop
Fabricating the Scene
7. Forgetting and Remembering
Moves toward Conservation
Emblems and Brands
Idols, Fetishes and Totems
Sealed with a Thylacine
List of Illustrations
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
Timeline
Introduction
Extinction of the Thylacine
Cultures of Natural History
Animals in Print
The Zoological Illustration
1. “In Every Respect New”
An Injured ‘Opossum’
The Ambivalence of George Prideaux Harris
Imagining the Monster
French Copies
The Mystery of Bilderbuch für Kinder
British Copies
Imperial Pressures
Transformations
Continental Impressions
British Images
2. Vermin!
The Naturalist’s Library
Lizars’ Engraving
Constructing a Sheep-Killer
Copies and Reproductions
Adaptations
Economic Zoology
3. “Mr. Gould’s Very Beautiful Work”
The Thylacine Comes to Britain
The Mammals of Australia
Colonial Networks
Joseph Wolf
Copies
Louisa Meredith
Broinowski’s Folly
More Copies
4. A Tasmanian Wolf
Wolf Mythology
Crying Wolf
More Continental Versions
Newspaper Illustrations
Reading Darwin’s Theories
Variations
The Images
Colour Plates
5. The Impact of Photography
The Open Door
In London Zoo
Tasmanian Captives
6. The Thylacine Refigured
Posing the Animal
Cropping the Image
New Backgrounds
Removing the Backdrop
Fabricating the Scene
7. Forgetting and Remembering
Moves toward Conservation
Emblems and Brands
Idols, Fetishes and Totems
Sealed with a Thylacine
List of Illustrations
Bibliography
Index
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