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Title Metamorphoses of the zoo [electronic resource] : animal encounter after Noah / edited by Ralph R. Acampora.

Imprint Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2010.

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Description vii, 271 p.
Series Toposophia : sustainability, dwelling, design
Toposophia.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : off the ark : restoring biophilia / Ralph Acampora -- Zoos as welfare arks? : reflections on an ethical course for zoos / Koen Margodt -- Nooz : ending the exploitation of zoos / Lisa Kemmerer -- Through a frame darkly : a phenomenological critique of zoos / Bernard Rollin -- Beyond zoos : Marianne Moore and Albrecht Durer / Randy Malamud -- Respectful stewardship of a hybrid nature : the role of concrete encounters / Chilla Bulbeck -- Whale and human agency in world-making : decolonizing whale-human encounters / Leesa Fawcett and Traci Warkentin -- Boring a wormhole in the zoological ark / David Lulka -- Open door policy : humanity's relinquishment of "right to sight" and the emergence of feral culture / Gay Bradshaw ; with Barbara Smuts and Debra Durham -- Earth trusts: a quality vision for animals? / Helena Pedersen and Natalie Dian -- From zoo to zoopolis : effectively enacting Eden / Matthew Chrulew -- Zoopolis / Jennifer Wolch -- Inventionist ethology : sustainable designs for reawakening human-animal interactivity / Ralph Acampora -- Afterword : following zootopian visions / Nicole Mazur.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Zoos -- Philosophy.
Human-animal relationships.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Acampora, Ralph R., 1965-
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780739134542 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780739134566 (electronic bk.)
9780739134566 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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