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  1. University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

    Andrew J. P. Flack

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  1. School of Media, Film and Music, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom

    Michael Lawrence

  2. School of Culture and Creative Arts, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

    Karen Lury

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Flack, A.J.P. (2016). Capturing the Beasts: Zoo Film and Interspecies Pasts. In: Lawrence, M., Lury, K. (eds) The Zoo and Screen Media. Screening Spaces. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53561-0_2

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