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Zoos present themselves as venues for visual cultural consumption par excellence. Visual: look at everything and stare for as long as you wish — the animals are not going anywhere. Culture: the animals are on display in the hearts of our cities, in institutions promoted as prominent elements of the cultural/tourist infrastructure, heavily advertised and marketed and commodified, replete with gift shops and cafés (which always feature carnivorous menus; at aquariums, there tends to be more seafood).
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Malamud, R. (2012). Zoo Animals. In: An Introduction to Animals and Visual Culture. The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137009845_6
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