Primates face to face : conservation implications of human-nonhuman primate interconnections / edited by Agustín Fuentes and Linda D. Wolfe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fuentes, Agustin

Wolfe, Linda D., 1942-

Series:

Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 29.

Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Primates--Research.

Primates.

Wildlife conservation.

Human-animal relationships.

Physical Description:

xvii, 340 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Contents:

Part 1 Science and nonhuman primates 5

1 Anthropology and primatology / Phyllis Dolhinow 7

2 Resistance to the cross-species perspective in anthropology / Mary M. Pavelka 25

3 The ethics and efficacy of biomedical research in chimpanzees with special regard to HIV research / Roger S. Fouts, Deborah H. Fouts, Gabriel S. Waters 45

Part 2 Cultural views of nonhuman primates 61

4 Monkey as food, monkey as child: Guaja symbolic cannibalism / Loretta Ann Cormier 63

5 Ethnoecology of monkeys among the Bari of Venezuela: perception, use and conservation / Manuel Lizarralde 85

6 Primates in Matsigenka subsistence and world view / Glenn H. Shepard 101

7 Monkey King in China: basis for a conservation policy? / Frances D. Burton 137

8 Reflections on the concept of nature and gorillas in Rwanda: implications for conservation / Pascale Sicotte, Prosper Uwengeli 163

Part 3 Conservation of nonhuman primates 183

9 Monkeys, humans and politics in the Mentawai Islands: no simple solutions in a complex world / Agustin Fuentes 187

10 Conservation must pursue human-nature biosynergy in the era of social chaos and bushmeat commerce / Anthony L. Rose 208

11 A cultural primatological study of Macaca fascicularis on Ngeaur Island, Republic of Palau / Bruce Wheatley, Rebecca Stephenson, Hiro Kurashina, Kelly Marsh-Kautz 240

12 Monkeys in the backyard: encroaching wildlife and rural communities in Japan / David S. Sprague 254

Part 4 Government actions, local economies and nonhuman primates 273

13 The primatologist as minority advocate / Ardith A. Eudey 277

14 Monkey business? The conservation implications of macaque ethnoprimatology in southern Thailand / Leslie E. Sponsel, Nukul Ruttanadakul, Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel 288

15 Rhesus macaques: a comparative study of two sites, Jaipur, India, and Silver Springs, Florida / Linda D. Wolfe 310.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

052179109X

OCLC:

46683530