Storytelling apes
Subtitle: primatology narratives past and future
By: Mary Sanders Pollock
Series: Animalibus; Animalibus
Publisher: The Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780271066301
Subjects: Authorship; Fieldwork; Primates; Creative nonfiction; History and criticism
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-250) and index.
Table of contents: title: First contacts; title: The primatology romance; title: Tragedy of the field; title: Morphology of the tale; title: Primate characters; title: Primatology and the carnival world.