Wild Man from Borneo : : A Cultural History of the Orangutan / / Robert Cribb, Helen Tiffin, Helen Gilbert.
Wild Man from Borneo 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...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UHP eBook Package 2014-2016 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (328 p.) :; 55 illustrations, 2 maps |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. From Satyr to Pongo: Discovering the Red Ape
- 2. "A More than Animal Intelligence": Exploring the Species Boundary
- 3. Wanted Dead or Alive: Orangutans on Display
- 4. Darkest Borneo, Savage Sumatra
- 5. Imagining Orangutans: Fictions, Fantasies, Futures
- 6. Close Encounters and Dangerous Liaisons
- 7. Monkey Business: Orangutans on Stage and Screen
- 8. Zoo Stories: Becoming Animals, Unbecoming Humans
- 9 On the Edge: Conservation and the Threat of Extinction
- 10. Faces in the Mirror: Evolution, Intelligence, and Rights
- Afterword
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Authors