Ghosts behind glass : encountering extinction in museums /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Jørgensen, Dolly, 1972- (Author)
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2025.
Subjects:	Extinct animals > Museums. Natural history museums. Extinction (Biology) Animaux disparus > Musées. Sciences naturelles > Musées. Extinction (Biologie) Environmental Conservation & Protection. NATURE. History. Natural History. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Prologue: ghost stories. Spectral encounters. Form and function ; Ordering and categorizing ; Ghost stories ; Through the glass
Seeing ghosts. Hunting for ghosts ; Which ghost story to tell ; Hauntings in the treetops ; Uncertain histories
Cursed treasures. Rare jewels ; Irreplaceable ; Remains ; The treasure's curse
Haunted heritage. Dead as a dodo ; Extinction as heritage ; Ehime's icon ; Claiming ghosts
Last remnants. The passing of passenger pigeons ; Martha's hauntings ; Inside out ; Back from the dead
Broken relations. Giant broken eggs ; A striking pair ; Migrating to the museum ; The missing young
Memorialized dead. Engraved names ; Putting faces to names ; Remembering the dead
Playful figures. Swimming through the gallery ; Unanswered calls ; Push here ; Weaving lost threads ; Fair play
Invisible dead. Ghost of a gecko ; Island spirits ; Invisible invertebrates ; Sealed fate?
Epilogue: persistent presence.