Storytelling apes : primatology narratives past and future / Mary Sanders Pollock.

  • Pollock, Mary Sanders, 1948-
Date:
[2015]
  • Books

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Description

"A literary analysis of the popular genre of the informal primatology field narrative. Explores the works of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, Robert Sapolsky, and others in the contexts of scientific, literary, and conservation discourses"--Provided by publisher.

Publication/Creation

University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2015]

Physical description

x, 256 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm.

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-250) and index.

Contents

First contacts -- The primatology romance -- Tragedy of the field -- Morphology of the tale -- Primate characters -- Primatology and the carnival world.

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    History of Medicine
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ISBN

  • 9780271066301
  • 027106630X