Zoo Renewal - White Flight and the Animal Ghetto

Lisa Uddin is assistant professor of art history and visual culture studies at Whitman College.

Summary

Why do we feel bad at the zoo? In a fascinating counterhistory of American zoos in the 1960s and 1970s, Lisa Uddin revisits the familiar narrative of zoo reform, from naked cages to more naturalistic enclosures. She argues that reform belongs to the story of cities and feelings toward many of their human inhabitants. In "Zoo Renewal, " Uddin demon

Product details

• Authors: Uddin, Lisa Uddin
• Publisher: University Of Minnesota Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.03.2015
• EAN: 9780816679119
• ISBN: 978-0-8166-7911-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Quadrant Book; A Quadrant Book; A Quadrant Book
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research