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The bear : culture, nature, heritage /
Bears are iconic animals, playing a variety of roles in human culture. They have been portrayed as gods, monsters, kings, fools, brothers, lovers, and dancers; they are seen as protectors of the forest; symbols of masculinity; a comfort for children; and act as symbols for conservation and environme...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY, USA :
The Boydell Press,
[2019]
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| Colección: | Heritage matters series ;
v. 22. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword : The bear : a cultural and natural heritage / Barrie K. Gilbert
- Introduction : What is a bear? / Owen T. Nevin [and 4 others]
- Bear-people interactions. The spirit bear / Philip Charles
- Out of the wild wood and into our beds : the evolutionary history of teddy bears and the natural selection of deadly cuteness / Mike Jeffries
- Bears within the human landscape : cultural and demographic factors influencing the use of bear parts in Cambodia and Laos / Elizabeth O Davis and Jenny Anne glikman
- Bears in gay culture : histories, discourses and anthropomorphism / Gareth Langstaff
- Bears, wildmen, yeti and sasquatch / Jeff Meldrum
- Bears in children's literature / Tracy Hayes, Heather Prince and Ian Convery
- Knowing individual bears / Owen T. Nevin, Ian Convery and John Kitchin
- Bears in the public gaze. Bears behind bars : captive bears throughout history / Koen Cuyten and Ian Convery
- The bear in the museum / Peter Davis
- Museum polar bears and climate change / Henry McGhie
- On the oblique imperative : what revealing conceals and concealing may reveal / Mark Wilson and Bryndis Snæbjörnsdóttir
- Visitations : the social and cultural history of polar bear narratives in Iceland and the North Atlantic / Kristinn Schram and Jón Jónsson
- Bear biology, management and conservation. Chemical signalling in brown bears / Melanie Clapham, Owen T. Nevin and Ian Convery
- Reducing uncertainty in bear management / Sarah Elmeligi, Owen T. Nevin and Ian Convery
- Living with bears in Europe / Miha Krofel
- Citizen science and bears / Sarah Elmeligi, Owen T. Nevin and Ian Convery
- Understanding local folklore and attitudes in appennine brown bear conservation / Jenny Anne Glikman and Beatrice Frank
- Reducing human impacts on Andean bears in NW Peru through community-based conservation / Samantha A. Young, Russell C Van Horn and Jenny Anne Glikman
- Afterword : 'It's me bear' : reflections on a unique career working with bears / Lynn Rogers.