Zoos in Postmodernism: Signs and Simulation

by Stephen Spotte

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611473292
• ISBN13: 9781611473292
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• Length: 208 Pages