Zooland : the institution of captivity / Irus Braverman.

By:

Braverman, Irus, 1970-

Series: Cultural lives of lawPublisher: Stanford, California : Stanford Law Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press, [2013]Copyright date: Â©2013Description: xiv, 264 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780804783576 (cloth : alk. paper)
0804783578 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780804783583 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0804783586 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

590.73 23

LOC classification:

QL76.5.N7 B73 2012

Contents:

Naturalizing zoo animals -- Classifying zoo animals -- Seeing zoo animals -- Naming zoo animals -- Registering zoo animals -- Regulating zoo animals -- Reproducing zoo animals.

Summary: "This book takes a unique stance on a controversial topic: zoos. Zoos have their ardent supporters and their vocal detractors. While we all have opinions on what zoos do, few people consider how they do it. Modern zoos have transformed themselves from places created largely for entertainment to globally connected institutions that emphasize care through conservation and education. Irus Braverman draws on more than sixty interviews conducted with zoo managers and administrators, as well as animal activists, and takes readers behind the exhibits into the world or zoo animals and their caretakers to offer a glimpse into the otherwise unknown complexities of zooland."--Page [4] of cover.

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 3 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	NMC Library	Stacks	QL76.5 .N7 B73 2012	1	Available		33039001361244

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-254) and index.

Naturalizing zoo animals -- Classifying zoo animals -- Seeing zoo animals -- Naming zoo animals -- Registering zoo animals -- Regulating zoo animals -- Reproducing zoo animals.

"This book takes a unique stance on a controversial topic: zoos. Zoos have their ardent supporters and their vocal detractors. While we all have opinions on what zoos do, few people consider how they do it. Modern zoos have transformed themselves from places created largely for entertainment to globally connected institutions that emphasize care through conservation and education. Irus Braverman draws on more than sixty interviews conducted with zoo managers and administrators, as well as animal activists, and takes readers behind the exhibits into the world or zoo animals and their caretakers to offer a glimpse into the otherwise unknown complexities of zooland."--Page [4] of cover.