The Bear: Culture, Nature, Heritage

Investigations into the cultural significance of that most familiar and charismatic group of animals, bears.

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Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations

Foreword: The Bear: A Cultural and Natural Heritage
Barrie K. Gilbert
Introduction: What is a Bear?
Owen T. Nevin, Ian Convery, Peter Davis, John Kitchin and Melanie Clapham

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 Longstaff
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 Apennine 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
List of Contributors
Index
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Edited by Owen T. Nevin, Ian Convery and Peter Davis

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Investigations into the cultural significance of that most familiar and charismatic group of animals, bears.

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• Authors: Dr. Ian Convery, Peter Davis, Beatrice Frank, Barrie K. Gilbert, Owen Nevin
• Assisted by: Dr. Ian Convery (Editor), Ian Convery (Editor), Professor Ian (Author) Convery (Editor), Peter Davis (Editor), Professor Peter Davis (Editor), Owen Nevin (Editor), Owen T. Nevin (Editor), Professor Owen Nevin (Editor)
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781783274604
• ISBN: 978-1-78327-460-4
• No. of pages: 268
• Dimensions: 235 mm x 246 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 750 g
• Illustrations: 50 b/w, 7 line illus.
• Series: Heritage Matters
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories