ZOO Index Reader (volume 1) radical as folk Describing Kate Tucker’s works as

Describing Kate Tucker’s works as ‘paintings’ seems almost shortsighted

ISBN 978-3-905999-94-5

It’s no mistake that Lenard Smith’s new book borrows its title from Susan Sontag’s 1977 essay of the same name

Venice Gordon

ZOO Index Reader (volume 1) radical as folk Describing Kate Tucker’s works asZoo Index Reader examines the relevance of zoos and how they shape our gaze towards nonhuman animals, and by extension, ourselves and one another. Through a mixture of visual research and written contributions on the history of menageries, the confinement and privatization of land, zoo architecture, pets, the naturalization of animals, and the roles of zoos and animals in the history of cinema, this first volume asks: Do we need zoos? What does a