Bear: Culture, Nature, Heritage

OWEN T. NEVIN is Chief Executive Officer of the Western Australian Biodiversity Science Institute (WABSI), Adjunct Professor of Conservation Biology at CQUniversity Australia and Anniversary Visiting Professor of Conservation Biology at the University of Cumbria IAN CONVERY is Professor of Environment & Society at the University of Cumbria. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and is a director of the Lifescapes Project conservation charity. PETER DAVIS is Emeritus Professor of Museology in the School of Arts and Cultures at Newcastle University, UK. His research interests relate to the connections between place, nature, heritage, communities and sustainability. IAN CONVERY is Professor of Environment & Society at the University of Cumbria. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and is a director of the Lifescapes Project conservation charity. OWEN T. NEVIN is Chief Executive Officer of the Western Australian Biodiversity Science Institute (WABSI), Adjunct Professor of Conservation Biology at CQUniversity Australia and Anniversary Visiting Professor of Conservation Biology at the University of Cumbria PETER DAVIS is Emeritus Professor of Museology in the School of Arts and Cultures at Newcastle University, UK. His research interests relate to the connections between place, nature, heritage, communities and sustainability.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations Foreword: The Bear: A Cultural and Natural Heritage - Barrie K. GilbertIntroduction: What is a Bear? - Owen T. Nevin, Ian Convery, Peter Davis, John Kitchin and Melanie Clapham BEAR-PEOPLE INTERACTIONSThe Spirit Bear - Philip CharlesOut of the Wild Wood and into our Beds: The Evolutionary History of Teddy Bears and the Natural Selection of Deadly Cuteness - Mike JeffriesBears within the Human Landscape: Cultural and Demographic Factors Influencing the Use of Bear Parts in Cambodia and Laos - Elizabeth O Davis and Jenny Anne GlikmanBears in Gay Culture: Histories, Discourses and Anthropomorphism - Gareth LongstaffBears, Wildmen, Yeti and Sasquatch - Jeff MeldrumBears in Children's Literature - Tracy Hayes, Heather Prince and Ian ConveryKnowing Individual Bears - Owen T. Nevin, Ian Convery and John Kitchin BEARS IN THE PUBLIC GAZEBears Behind Bars: Captive Bears Throughout History - Koen Cuyten and Ian ConveryThe Bear in the Museum - Peter DavisMuseum Polar Bears and Climate Change - Henry McGhieOn the Oblique Imperative: What Revealing Conceals and Concealing may Reveal - Mark Wilson and Bryndis SnæbjörnsdóttirVisitations: The Social and Cultural History of Polar Bear Narratives in Iceland and the North Atlantic - Kristinn Schram and Jón Jónsson BEAR BIOLOGY, MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATIONChemical Signalling in Brown Bears - Melanie Clapham, Owen T. Nevin and Ian ConveryReducing Uncertainty in Bear Management - Sarah Elmeligi, Owen T. Nevin and Ian ConveryLiving with Bears in Europe - Miha KrofelCitizen Science and Bears - Sarah Elmeligi, Owen T. Nevin and Ian ConveryUnderstanding Local Folklore and Attitudes in Apennine Brown Bear Conservation - Jenny Anne Glikman and Beatrice FrankReducing 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 RogersList of ContributorsIndexPrevious titles

[A]n interesting and informative scholarly volume