Apes and Elephants: In Search of Sensation in the Tropical Imaginary
This paper will explore the tropical exotic in relation to the widespread European fascination with tropical animals exhibited in zoos throughout the long nineteenth century. Zoos became places where human animals could experience the chill of a backbone shiver as they came face to face with the ani...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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James Cook University
2016-08-01
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Series: | eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics |
Online Access: | https://journals.jcu.edu.au/etropic/article/view/3339 |
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