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Bloomsbury Academic Disney and the Theming of the Contemporary Zoo: Kingdoms of Artifice (Studies in Disney and Culture)

Name: Disney and the Theming of the Contemporary Zoo: Kingdoms of Artifice (Studies in Disney and Culture)
Brand: Bloomsbury Academic
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Equal parts design history, thematic taxonomy, site survey, and practitioner insight, this book places the contemporary zoo in the context of Disney’s sizable influence on today’s built environment and those who create it. The 1998 opening of Disney’s Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World introduced theme park design principles to wildlife display. In this book, Benjamin H. George and Dave Gottwald draw on extensive interviews with over three dozen zoo designers and professionals, landscape architects, and former Disney Imagineers to explore how, in the decades since, zoo designers have adopted and adapted Disney’s approach to theming both guest and animal experiences. Beginning with Tierpark Hagenbeck, the book also serves as a site study covering Animal Kingdom and some fifty zoos around the world which evince its influence as George and Gottwald chart the evolution of naturalist habitat design through immersive theming. Ultimately, this book critically examines how post-Disney zoo environments combine entertainment with education, thus complexifying authenticity with theatricality.

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Brand: Bloomsbury Academic
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1666928194
Category: Books > Subjects > Arts & Photography > Themes & Concepts
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 01 October 2026
Listed Since: 19 February 2026

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