[PDF.62si] Wild Man from Borneo: A Cultural History of the Orangutan

Wild Man from Borneo: A Cultural History of the Orangutan

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 | #1510750 in Books |  2014-01-31 |  2014-01-31 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.25 x6.50 x1.00l,1.37 | File type: PDF | 336 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| More a history of human use of the idea of orangs than natural history. The writing is good, the chapters a bit tedious.|By lyndonbrecht|I expected a much different book, more along the lines of natural history and conservation. Those are covered but rather briefly. The book mostly considers cultural use of orangutans, mostly European and American (the book portrays peoples liv| || Tracing a story from early-modern dissections, through philosophical treatises, nineteenth-century novels, zoo tea-parties, Las Vegas performances, post-apocalyptic films, and much more, the book chronicles the presence of the red ape in our lives and consci

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...

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