Investigations into the cultural significance of that most familiar and charismatic group of animals, bears.
Bears are iconic animals, playing a variety of roles in human culture. They have been portrayed as gods, monsters, kings, fools, brothers, lovers, and dancers; they are seen as protectors of the forest; symbols of masculinity; a comfort for children; and act as symbols for conservation and environmental issues. They also symbolise wilderness, reinforcing and maintaining our connection to the natural world. And stories abound of cultures that gathered berries in the same fields as bears and fished on the same rivers; consequently a wealth of myths, legends and folklore has informed us of our place in the world and the deep connection we have with bears.
The essays collected here provide a rich selection of views on the human/bear relationships. They explore how bears are an influence in contemporary art, and how they are represented in the illustrations in children's literature and in museum exhibitions. The connection between bears and native peoples, and how contemporary society lives alongside these animals, provides an understanding of current attitudes and approaches to bear management and conservation. The history of captive bears is brought into contemporary relief by considering the fate of captive bears held in Asian countries for bile production. Other pieces look at how bears feature in gay culture, and are an intrinsic component to researchon the Yeti and Sasquatch. Together, these articles present an insight into the changing face of attitudes towards nature, species survival and the significance of conservation engagement in the twenty-first century. Biologists, historians, anthropologists, cultural theorists, conservationists and museologists will all find riches in the detail presented in this bear cornucopia.
OWEN NEVIN is Associate Vice-Chancellor, Gladstone Region, CQUniversity, Australia; IAN CONVERY is Professor of Environment and Society at the University of Cumbria; PETER DAVIS is Emeritus Professor of Museology in the International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies at Newcastle University.
Contributors: Philip Charles, Melanie Clapham, Ian Convery, Koen Cuyten, Elizabeth O Davis, Peter Davis, Sarah Elmeligi, Beatrice Frank, Barrie K. Gilbert, Jenny Anne Glikman, Tracy Ann Hayes, Mike Jeffries, Jón Jónsson, John Kitchin, Miha Krofel, Gareth Longstaff, Henry McGhie, Jeff Meldrum, Owen T. Nevin, Heather Prince, Lynn Rogers, Kristinn Schram, Bryndís Snæbjörnsdóttir, Russ Van Horn, Mark Wilson, Samantha Young.

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Owen Nevin; Ian Convery; Peter Davis; Barrie K. Gilbert; Beatrice Frank; Bryndis Snaebjornsdottir; Elizabeth O. Davis; Gareth Longstaff; Heather Prince; Henry McGhie; Jeff Meldrum; Jenny Anne Glikman; John Kitchen; Jn Jnsson; Koen Cuyten; Kristinn Schram; Lynn Rogers; Mark Wilson; Melanie Clapham; Miha Krofel; Mike Jeffries; Philip Charles; Russell C. Van Horn; Samantha A. Young; Sarah Elmeligi; Tracy Hayes

Boydell & Brewer, Limited

Heritage matters series, v. 22, Woodbridge Suffolk UK ; Rochester NY USA, 2019

NED - New edition, Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK; Rochester, NY, USA, 2019

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

PT, 2019

Mobilism

Bears are iconic animals, playing a variety of roles in human culture. They have been portrayed as gods, monsters, kings, fools, brothers, lovers, and dancers; they are seen as protectors of the forest; symbols of masculinity; a comfort for children; and act as symbols for conservation and environmental issues. They also symbolise wilderness, reinforcing and maintaining our connection to the natural world. And stories abound of cultures that gathered berries in the same fields as bears and fished on the same rivers; consequently a wealth of myths, legends and folklore has informed us of our place in the world and the deep connection we have with bears. The essays collected here provide a rich selection of views on the human/bear relationships. They explore how bears are an influence in contemporary art, and how they are represented in the illustrations in children's literature and in museum exhibitions. The connection between bears and native peoples, and how contemporary society lives alongside these animals, provides an understanding of current attitudes and approaches to bear management and conservation. The history of captive bears is brought into contemporary relief by considering the fate of captive bears held in Asian countries for bile production. Other pieces look at how bears feature in gay culture, and are an intrinsic component to research on the Yeti and Sasquatch. Together, these articles present an insight into the changing face of attitudes towards nature, species survival and the significance of conservation engagement in the twenty-first century. Biologists, historians, anthropologists, cultural theorists, conservationists and museologists will all find riches in the detail presented in this bear cornucopia. OWEN NEVIN is Associate Vice-Chancellor, Gladstone Region, CQUniversity, Australia; IAN CONVERY is Professor of Environment and Society at the University of Cumbria; PETER DAVIS is Emeritus Professor of Museology in the International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies at Newcastle University

Frontcover
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Foreword: The Bear: A Cultural and Natural Heritage
Introduction: What is a Bear?
Bear-People Interactions
1 The Spirit Bear
2 Out of the Wild Wood and into our Beds: The Evolutionary History of Teddy Bears and the Natural Selection of Deadly Cuteness
3 Bears within the Human Landscape: Cultural and Demographic Factors Influencing the Use of Bear Parts in Cambodia and Laos
4 Bears in Gay Culture: Histories, Discourses and Anthropomorphism
Bears, Wildmen, Yeti and Sasquatch
6 Bears in Children’s Literature
7 Knowing Individual Bears
Bears in the Public Gaze
8 Bears Behind Bars: Captive Bears Throughout History
9 The Bear in the Museum
10 Museum Polar Bears and Climate Change
11 On the Oblique Imperative: What Revealing Conceals and Concealing may Reveal
12 Visitations: The Social and Cultural History of Polar Bear Narratives in Iceland and the North Atlantic
Bear Biology, Management and Conservation
13 Chemical Signalling in Brown Bears
14 Reducing Uncertainty in Bear Management
15 Living with Bears in Europe
16 Citizen Science and Bears
17 Understanding Local Folklore and Attitudes in Apennine Brown Bear Conservation
18 Reducing Human Impacts on Andean Bears in NW Peru Through Community-based Conservation
Afterword: ‘It’s Me Bear’: Reflections on a Unique Career Working with Bears
List of Contributors
Index
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