Zoo Culture
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Book Overview
Why do people go to zoos? Is the role of zoos to entertain or to educate? In this provocative book, the authors demonstrate that zoos tell us as much about humans as they do about animals and suggest... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0297792229
ISBN13:9780297792222
Release Date:January 1987
Publisher:Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd
Length:228 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
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Sociological Take on Zoos
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 14 years ago
Zoo Culture is a well researched and thoughtful book on the history, function, and cultural meaning of zoos in the world today. The authors do not simply accept the zoo as unproblematic. They attempt to show that zoos, rightly or wrongly, are used to define the difference between human and animal, a contention that the idea of being 'human' is not natural but socially constructed. Their account is certainly not an endorsement of zoos, perhaps even on the contrary, laying out the argument that zoos are ultimately expressions of power by a domineering society.
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