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Parrot
Paul Carter
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Description for Parrot
Paperback. .
Highly illustrated, with images drawn from a wide range of cultures, historical periods and media, Paul Carter's "Parrot" is a roller-coaster ride through parrots in literature, jokes, folklore, mythology, film, TV and children's stories worldwide, as well as an examination of parrot conservation, talking bird experiments and parrot portraiture. Parrot is a fascinating natural and cultural history. The book covers three broad areas: Parrotics' the historical, cultural and scientific classifications of parrots; Parroternalia' the association of parrots with the different languages, ages, tastes and dreams of society; and Parrotology' the mimicry of parrots and what that can tell us about ... Read more
Highly illustrated, with images drawn from a wide range of cultures, historical periods and media, Paul Carter's "Parrot" is a roller-coaster ride through parrots in literature, jokes, folklore, mythology, film, TV and children's stories worldwide, as well as an examination of parrot conservation, talking bird experiments and parrot portraiture. Parrot is a fascinating natural and cultural history. The book covers three broad areas: Parrotics' the historical, cultural and scientific classifications of parrots; Parroternalia' the association of parrots with the different languages, ages, tastes and dreams of society; and Parrotology' the mimicry of parrots and what that can tell us about ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Series
Animal S.
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861892379
SKU
V9781861892379
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Paul Carter
Paul Carter is Professorial Research Fellow at The Australian Centre, University of Melbourne, and the author of The Road to Botany Bay (1987), The Lie of the Land (1996), and Repressed Spaces: The Poetics of Agoraphobia (Reaktion, 2002).
Reviews for Parrot
These are the latest two books on birds in this beautifully conceived "Animal series"... They represent an in-depth, erudite account of the natural, cultural and miscellaneous histories of these generic birds. Both are very well written, highly informative, full of fascinating details, and richly illustrated with wonderful plates and photographs. The books are arguably some of the most original and ... Read more