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Zoos in Postmodernism Signs and Simulation

By: Stephen Spotte(Author)
208 pages
Zoos in Postmodernism
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  • Zoos in Postmodernism ISBN: 9781611473292 Hardback Mar 2006 Not in stock: Usually dispatched within 1-2 months
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In his provocative new book, Zoos in Postmodernism: Signs and Simulation, marine biologist Stephen Spotte lumps together public aquariums and zoological parks (which he collectively calls zoos) and treats them as cultural derivatives assessable using semiotics (the study of signs and their meanings) and Baudrillard's models of simulation. He concludes that only modernist zoos can exist in postmodern times, making captive animal displays anachronistic. Today's zoos are thus reminiscent of an era generally agreed to have ended with the 1950s. Unable to evolve and compete with contemporary entertainments, they can only be spectacles viewed passively.

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Stephen Spotte is an adjunct scientist at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Florida.

By: Stephen Spotte(Author)
208 pages
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