John Berger's "Why look at animals?": A close reading

Worldviews: Environment, Culture, Religion

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 203-218

  Burt, Jonathan ^a  

^a Ferry House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animals; Berger; Killing; Visual culture; Zoos

Indexed keywords

EID: 65849473924     PISSN: 13635247     EISSN: 15685357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568535054615321     Document Type: Review

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