Wild Man from Borneo : A Cultural History of the Orangutan /

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Offers the first comprehensive history of the human-orangutan encounter. Arguably the most humanlike of all the great apes, particularly in intelligence and behavior, the orangutan has been cherished, used, and abused ever since it was first brought to the attention of Europeans in the seventeenth c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Cribb, R. B. (Autor), Tiffin, Helen (Autor), Gilbert, Helen, 1956- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Orang-Utan
Mensch
Kultur
Human-animal relationships.
Bornean orangutan.
Orangutans.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Mammals.
NATURE > Animals > Mammals.
Pongo (genus)
Pongo pygmaeus (species)
Orangs-outans.
Relations homme-animal.
Orang-outan de Borneo > Aspect symbolique.
Orang-outan de Borneo.
Endangered Species
Animal Welfare
Pongo pygmaeus
Pongo
Bornean orangutan > Symbolic aspects.
Borneo
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From satyr to Pongo: discovering the red ape
  • "A more than animal intelligence": exploring the species boundary
  • Wanted dead or alive: orangutans on display
  • Darkest Borneo, savage Sumatra
  • Imagining orangutans: fictions, fantasies, futures
  • Close encounters and dangerous liaisons
  • Monkey business: orangutans on stage and screen
  • Zoo stories: becoming animals, unbecoming humans
  • On the edge: conservation and the threat of extinction
  • Faces in the mirror: evolution, intelligence, and rights.

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