Creating the Natural, Censoring the Wild

David Grazian, “Where the Wild Things Aren’t: Exhibiting Nature in American Zoos,” The Sociological Quarterly, 2012 The zoo: a chance to leave the over-regulated world of concrete and bureaucracy behind and reinvigorate the spirit through witnessing exotic animals in their natural splendor. However, as David Grazian reminds us in The Sociological Quarterly, it takes a … Continue reading Creating the Natural, Censoring the Wild