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Why Do We Go to the Zoo?
Erik A. Garrett
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Despite hundreds of millions of visitors each year, zoos have remained outside of the realm of philosophical analysis. This lack of theoretical examination is interesting considering the paradoxical position within which a zoo is situated, being a space of animal confinement as well as a site that provides valuable tools for species conservation, public education, and entertainment. Why Do We Go to the Zoo? argues that the zoo is a legitimate space of academic inquiry. The modes of communication taking place at the zoo that keep drawing us back time and time again beg for a careful investigation. In this ... Read more
Despite hundreds of millions of visitors each year, zoos have remained outside of the realm of philosophical analysis. This lack of theoretical examination is interesting considering the paradoxical position within which a zoo is situated, being a space of animal confinement as well as a site that provides valuable tools for species conservation, public education, and entertainment. Why Do We Go to the Zoo? argues that the zoo is a legitimate space of academic inquiry. The modes of communication taking place at the zoo that keep drawing us back time and time again beg for a careful investigation. In this ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
Number of Pages
154
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611476453
SKU
V9781611476453
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About Erik A. Garrett
Erik A. Garrett is associate professor of Communication & Rhetorical Studies at Duquesne University.
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