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Wild Man from Borneo.
Verlag: University of Hawai'i Press., Honolulu., 2014
ISBN 10: 0824837142ISBN 13: 9780824837143
Anbieter: Asia Bookroom ANZAAB/ILAB, Canberra, ACT, Australien
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Black and white illustrations, 318pp, index, bibliography, dustjacket, hardback. "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 in the seventeenth century. The red ape has engaged the interest of scientists, philosophers, artists, and the public at large in a bewildering array of guises that have by no means been exclusively zoological or ecological. One reason for such a long-term engagement with a being found only on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra is that, like its fellow great apes, the orangutan stands on that most uncomfortable dividing line between human and animal, existing, for us, on what has been called ?the dangerous edge of the garden of nature.? Beginning with the scientific discovery of the red ape more than three hundred years ago, this work goes on to examine the ways in which its human attributes have been both recognized and denied in science, philosophy, travel literature, popular science, literature, theatre, museums, and film. The authors offer a provocative analysis of the origin of the name ?orangutan,? trace how the ape has been recruited to arguments on topics as diverse as slavery and rape, and outline the history of attempts to save the animal from extinction." (Publisher's description).
