Zoo Culture - Softcover

Mullan, Robert; Marvin, Garry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0252067622 ISBN 13: 9780252067624

Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 1998

Synopsis

   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 that while animals
        may not need zoos, urban societies seem to.
      A new introduction takes note of dramatic changes in the perceived role
        of zoos that have occurred since the book's original publication.
      "Bob Mullan and Garry Marvin delve into the assumptions about animals
        that are embedded in our culture. . . . A thought-provoking glimpse of
        our own ideas about the exotic, the foreign." -- Tess Lemmon, BBC
        Wildlife Magazine
      "A thoughtful and entertaining guided tour." -- David White,
        New Society
      "[An] unusual and intriguing combination of historical survey, psychological
        enquiry, and compendium of fascinating facts." -- Evening Standard
 

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This provocative study shows that zoos tell us as much about humans as they do about animals. Through observations based on visits to zoos and conversations with zoo owners and keepers all over the world, the authors suggest that, while animals may not need zoos, urban societies seem to. A new preface takes note of dramatic changes in the perceived role of zoos that have occurred since the book's original publication.

About the Author:

Bob Mullan is a writer, lecturer and documentary film-maker, and is the author of a number of books on psychotherapy. He currently teaches at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Marvin-Anthropologist at Roehampton Institute in London

Marvin-Anthropologist at Roehampton Institute in London

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0252067622
• ISBN 13: 9780252067624
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 208