Investigations into the cultural significance of that most familiar and charismatic group of animals, bears.

List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsForeword: The Bear: A Cultural and Natural HeritageBarrie K. GilbertIntroduction: What is a Bear?Owen T. Nevin, Ian Convery, Peter Davis, John Kitchin and Melanie ClaphamBEAR-PEOPLE INTERACTIONSThe Spirit BearPhilip CharlesOut of the Wild Wood and into our Beds: The Evolutionary History of Teddy Bears and the Natural Selection of Deadly CutenessMike JeffriesBears within the Human Landscape: Cultural and Demographic Factors Influencing the Use of Bear Parts in Cambodia and LaosElizabeth O Davis and Jenny Anne GlikmanBears in Gay Culture: Histories, Discourses and AnthropomorphismGareth LongstaffBears, Wildmen, Yeti and SasquatchJeff MeldrumBears in Children's LiteratureTracy Hayes, Heather Prince and Ian ConveryKnowing Individual BearsOwen T. Nevin, Ian Convery and John KitchinBEARS IN THE PUBLIC GAZEBears Behind Bars: Captive Bears Throughout HistoryKoen Cuyten and Ian ConveryThe Bear in the MuseumPeter DavisMuseum Polar Bears and Climate ChangeHenry McGhieOn the Oblique Imperative: What Revealing Conceals and Concealing may RevealMark Wilson and Bryndis SnæbjörnsdóttirVisitations: The Social and Cultural History of Polar Bear Narratives in Iceland and the North AtlanticKristinn Schram and Jón JónssonBEAR BIOLOGY, MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATIONChemical Signalling in Brown BearsMelanie Clapham, Owen T. Nevin and Ian ConveryReducing Uncertainty in Bear ManagementSarah Elmeligi, Owen T. Nevin and Ian ConveryLiving with Bears in EuropeMiha KrofelCitizen Science and BearsSarah Elmeligi, Owen T. Nevin and Ian ConveryUnderstanding Local Folklore and Attitudes in Apennine Brown Bear ConservationJenny Anne Glikman and Beatrice FrankReducing Human Impacts on Andean Bears in NW Peru Through Community-based ConservationSamantha A Young, Russell C Van Horn and Jenny Anne GlikmanAfterword: 'It's Me Bear': Reflections on a Unique Career Working with BearsLynn RogersList of ContributorsIndexPrevious titles