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    "title": "Pineal/Perineal: The Anthropological Divide at Monkey Hill",
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    "abstract": "This paper examines Monkey Hill, a hamadryas baboon enclosure built in the 1920s at the London Zoo. Georges Bataille’s experience staring across at the baboons during a visit in 1927 inspired writings in which the upper parts of the primate body—the mouth, the face, the pineal gland—represented humanity, and the lower parts—the ano-genital or perineal regions—symbolized a base and contemptible animality associated with the baboons. This human-animal binary is reflected in the architecture of Monkey Hill. Its large, waterless moat divided the baboons from the zoo’s human visitors, operating as a management device to maintain distance between humans and other animals. Despite efforts to distance humanity, encounters like Bataille’s reveal the fragility of the human-animal divide. The paper thus explores notions of civilization and animality and how this dichotomy is constructed and maintained.",
    "language": "en",
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        "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0",
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        "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\n\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.",
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            "first_name": "Corey",
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            "last_name": "Ratch",
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    "date_submitted": "2024-04-15T16:38:44-04:00",
    "date_accepted": "2024-04-15T16:38:44-04:00",
    "date_published": "2024-04-15T03:00:00-04:00",
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