‘At once pet, ornament, and “subject for dissection”’: The Unstable Status of Marine Animals in Victorian Aquaria
Around the middle of the nineteenth century a new kind of domestic animal entered Victorian homes thanks to the invention of saltwater aquaria. Yet, marine species were very different from other, more usual pets: their marked otherness, and the limited contact allowed by the glass tank, made it more...
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| Language: | English |
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Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée
2018-12-01
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| Series: | Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/cve/4272 |