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‘A Constellation of Incongruities’: The Amateur Film and the Trip to the Zoo

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  1. Film and Television Studies, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland

    Karen Lury

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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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Lury, K. (2016). ‘A Constellation of Incongruities’: The Amateur Film and the Trip to the Zoo. 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_1

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