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Wild man from Borneo

Cribb, R. B.,

Wild man from Borneo a cultural history of the orangutan / [electronic resource] : Robert Cribb, Helen Gilbert, Helen Tiffin. - Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9780824840266


Human-animal relationships.
Orangutan--Symbolic aspects.
Orangutan.


Electronic books.

QL737.P96 / C75 2014

599.88/3