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Herding Monkeys to Paradise How Macaque Troops are Managed for Tourism in Japan

Knight, John
Heftet / 2011 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9789004187931
Publisert
2011-05-27
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Brill
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989 gr
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235 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
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Product language
Engelsk
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Heftet

Forfatter
Knight, John

Om bidragsyterne

John Knight, Ph.D. (1992) in Social Anthropology, London School of Economics, is Reader in Anthropology at Queen's University Belfast. He has published extensively on rural Japan and on human-animal relations, including Waiting for Wolves in Japan (Oxford, 2003).

Herding Monkeys to Paradise How Macaque Troops are Managed for Tourism in Japan

Knight, John
Heftet / 2011 / Engelsk
Knight, John
Heftet / 2011 / Engelsk
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"The text is beautifully crafted and structured and the language is poetic. The text is illustrated with simple, useful diagrams that illustrate key arguments, as well as carefully chosen black-and-white photographs. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, learned a great deal, and have already recommended it to students of human-animal relations as essential reading." -Joanna Setchell, Durham University, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (N.S.) 22, 1-37, Royal Anthropological Institute 2016.

This book is a study of the use of monkeys as a tourist attraction in Japan. Monkey parks are popular visitor attractions that display free-ranging troops of Japanese macaques to the paying public. The parks work by manipulating the movements of the monkey troop through the regular provision of food handouts at a fixed site where the monkeys can be easily viewed. This system of management leads to a variety of problems, including proliferating monkey numbers, park-edge crop-raiding, and the sedentarization of the troop. In addition to falling visitor numbers, these problems have led to the closure or fencing in of many parks, calling into question the future of the monkey park as an institution.
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This book is a detailed study of monkey parks in Japan. It describes how the parks manage free-ranging macaque troops for touristic display and examines the various problems that arise, as well as proposals for park reform.
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Introduction Chapter 1 Monkeys in Paradise Monkeys and Monkey Parks The Shadow of the Zoo The ‘Natural Zoo’ Concept Displaying Forest Monkeys Chapter 2 Searching for Monkeys Monkey Avoidance of Humans The Mobility of the Troop The Opacity of the Forest Beyond the Impasse Chapter 3 Provisioning the Monkeys Provisioning for Science Provisioning for Tourism Provisioning as Crop Protection Provisioning for Conservation Chapter 4 Working with Monkeys Working in the Park Feeding the Monkeys Policing the Park Knowing the Monkeys Chapter 5 Herding the Monkeys Remote Herding Attracting the Troop Retaining and Returning the Troop Seasonal Problems Chapter 6 Keeping Out Monkeys Park-edge ‘Monkey Damage’ Countermeasures Counterhabituation Contesting Responsibility Chapter 7 Transforming the Monkeys Proliferation Sedentarization Semi-domestication Culture and Agency Chapter 8 Restoring the Monkeys Forest-edge Display Forest Display ‘Monkeywatching’ Partial Restoration Conclusion
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"The text is beautifully crafted and structured and the language is poetic. The text is illustrated with simple, useful diagrams that illustrate key arguments, as well as carefully chosen black-and-white photographs. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, learned a great deal, and have already recommended it to students of human-animal relations as essential reading." -Joanna Setchell, Durham University, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (N.S.) 22, 1-37, Royal Anthropological Institute 2016.

This book is a study of the use of monkeys as a tourist attraction in Japan. Monkey parks are popular visitor attractions that display free-ranging troops of Japanese macaques to the paying public. The parks work by manipulating the movements of the monkey troop through the regular provision of food handouts at a fixed site where the monkeys can be easily viewed. This system of management leads to a variety of problems, including proliferating monkey numbers, park-edge crop-raiding, and the sedentarization of the troop. In addition to falling visitor numbers, these problems have led to the closure or fencing in of many parks, calling into question the future of the monkey park as an institution.
Les mer
This book is a detailed study of monkey parks in Japan. It describes how the parks manage free-ranging macaque troops for touristic display and examines the various problems that arise, as well as proposals for park reform.
Les mer
Introduction Chapter 1 Monkeys in Paradise Monkeys and Monkey Parks The Shadow of the Zoo The ‘Natural Zoo’ Concept Displaying Forest Monkeys Chapter 2 Searching for Monkeys Monkey Avoidance of Humans The Mobility of the Troop The Opacity of the Forest Beyond the Impasse Chapter 3 Provisioning the Monkeys Provisioning for Science Provisioning for Tourism Provisioning as Crop Protection Provisioning for Conservation Chapter 4 Working with Monkeys Working in the Park Feeding the Monkeys Policing the Park Knowing the Monkeys Chapter 5 Herding the Monkeys Remote Herding Attracting the Troop Retaining and Returning the Troop Seasonal Problems Chapter 6 Keeping Out Monkeys Park-edge ‘Monkey Damage’ Countermeasures Counterhabituation Contesting Responsibility Chapter 7 Transforming the Monkeys Proliferation Sedentarization Semi-domestication Culture and Agency Chapter 8 Restoring the Monkeys Forest-edge Display Forest Display ‘Monkeywatching’ Partial Restoration Conclusion
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9789004187931
Publisert
2011-05-27
Utgiver
Vendor
Brill
Vekt
989 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter
Knight, John

Om bidragsyterne

John Knight, Ph.D. (1992) in Social Anthropology, London School of Economics, is Reader in Anthropology at Queen's University Belfast. He has published extensively on rural Japan and on human-animal relations, including Waiting for Wolves in Japan (Oxford, 2003).

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