{"id":5407016681627,"title":"Zooicide","handle":"zooicide","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eZooicide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Sue Coe employs her bold artistic style to confront the institution of zoos. They are, she says, inherently cruel and the solution is not to reform them, but to abolish them. Coe's visual journalism investigates the mental anguish inflicted upon animals-including cases where they have killed themselves to end their torture. Zoos often pay lip service to education, enrichment, and conservation, but their depravity is systemic and ubiquitous; it is built into the idea of animals as commodities. As long as they are property, animals will continue to be treated as things, with no rights, who can be caged, bred, abused, or killed for a profit and the public's entertainment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs a vital complement to Coe's images, and written specifically for them, Stephen F. Eisenman's essay, The Capitalist Zoo,\" is a history of zoos written from the future-a future in which zoos as we know them no longer exist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003eSue Coe is a visual artist and social critic. Born in England in 1951, she moved to New York in the early 1970s. A firm believer in the power of media to affect change, her paintings, drawing, and prints have been published in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand countless other periodicals. Her other books include\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Commit Suicide in South Africa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1983)\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e, X\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1986),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDead Meat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1996)\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePit's Letter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2000),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ghosts of our Meat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2013), and \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Animals' Vegan Manifesto \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2017). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStephen F. Eisenman is a professor in the Department of Art History at Northwestern University. His\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Blake and the Age of Aquarius\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas selected as one of the best art books of 2017 by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStephen F. Eisenman is a professor in the Department of Art History at Northwestern University. 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They are, she says, inherently cruel and the solution is not to reform them, but to abolish them. Coe's visual journalism investigates the mental anguish inflicted upon animals-including cases where they have killed themselves to end their torture. Zoos often pay lip service to education, enrichment, and conservation, but their depravity is systemic and ubiquitous; it is built into the idea of animals as commodities. As long as they are property, animals will continue to be treated as things, with no rights, who can be caged, bred, abused, or killed for a profit and the public's entertainment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs a vital complement to Coe's images, and written specifically for them, Stephen F. Eisenman's essay, The Capitalist Zoo,\" is a history of zoos written from the future-a future in which zoos as we know them no longer exist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003eSue Coe is a visual artist and social critic. Born in England in 1951, she moved to New York in the early 1970s. A firm believer in the power of media to affect change, her paintings, drawing, and prints have been published in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand countless other periodicals. Her other books include\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Commit Suicide in South Africa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1983)\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e, X\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1986),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDead Meat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1996)\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePit's Letter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2000),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ghosts of our Meat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2013), and \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Animals' Vegan Manifesto \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2017). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStephen F. Eisenman is a professor in the Department of Art History at Northwestern University. His\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Blake and the Age of Aquarius\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas selected as one of the best art books of 2017 by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStephen F. Eisenman is a professor in the Department of Art History at Northwestern University. His book, William Blake and the Age of Aquarius, was selected as a Best Art Book of 2017\" by the New York Times.\"\u003c\/div\u003e"}