Vida zoo-cial : the Buenos Aires Zoo and the making of Argentine society, 1875-1924 /

"An exploration of the unintended consequences of Argentinian elites' attempts to use the Buenos Aires Zoo as a tool for social reform"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kerr, Ashley Elizabeth, 1984- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Nashville, Tennessee : Vanderbilt University Press, 2025.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Vida coo-cial : the social life of the zoo
  • A learned and hygienic excursion : public health, medicine, and the zoo
  • Aristocratic apes and proletarian llamas : social class and labor at the zoo
  • Guanacos or Bengal tigers? Zoo collections, acclimatization, and the defense of the raza Latina
  • The national family goes to the zoo : reproduction, motherhood, and feminist ostriches
  • Conclusion. A center for the irradiation of culture and ideas : the Buenos Aires Zoo as municipal, national, and international institution.