MONKEY
Book ID/图书代码： 14932915B82139
English Summary/英文概要： The monkey has remarkable intelligence and adaptibility and has enjoyed a close relationship over millennia with human societies. Monkey deities feature prominently in the ancient religions of India, China, Egypt and Central America. Among peoples of tropical Africa, monkey masks and images are still in use in various ceremonies, dances and rituals. Monkeys are present in the human arts of carving, cartoons and painting, as Desmond Morris explores in this book. Yet numerous species continue to be exploited by humans in ways as various as labouring on coconut farms, performing in many parts of Asia for tourists and in the West in circuses, serving as substitute astronauts in space experiments and working as domestic companions for the disabled. New monkey species are still being discovered, for example the blond capuchin (long thought extinct) in Brazil in 2006, and the Burmese snub-nosed monkey in 2010. But the future is not secure: some species are declining at a frightening rate, and logging and related agribusiness industries daily shrink further their natural habitats. And monkeys are bushmeat in some tropical countries. Morris’s Monkey is the up-to-date appraisal of the past, present and possible future of one of the most inquisitive and playful animals on our planet.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 猴子丰富了我们的文化，从电影《好奇猴乔治》中可爱疯狂的猴子，和《阿拉丁》中和主人相伴的阿布，到《绿野仙踪》的飞猴。我们在动物园探望他们，有时甚至保持它们作为凯瑟琳德美第奇家族的宠物，或是在看明星迈克尔•杰克逊。如著名动物学家德斯蒙德 • 莫里斯所说的，我们对他们是如此地具有吸引力也就不足为奇了。虽然我们有时认为他们只是微不足道的生物或滑稽的猴子，但他们的调皮的恶作剧，和他们渴望探索与相互间爱抚的活动，却一直引起我们的关注。
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Awards/获奖情况：This is an odd book, but excellently written and the photos are outstanding. Morris explores natural histories, monkeys in legends and religion (for example, Hanuman), monkeys as servants for the disabled (Morris uses the word "slave"), and more. The monkey as a cultural figure is well-covered. The organ grinder’s monkey, monkey business, monkeys as symbols of fun, lust or shallowness.
The book has many short chapters. They include a chapter on recently discovered monkeys and another on rare monkeys. There are chapters on the lustful monkey, the tribal monkey, monkeys exploited, monkeys despised, monkeys enjoyed, monkeys and artists and monkeys as animals. Obviously the book is all over the place, and if there is a weakness, it is this. There is also a tone in a couple of chapters that the fate of monkeys is in human hands and therefore, doomed.
About the Author/作者介绍： 德斯蒙德•莫利斯何许人？他是英国著名动物学家、生物人类学家，生物进化科普作家、电视节目撰稿人和主持人、艺术家，历任伦敦动物园哺乳动物馆馆长、现代美术研究所所长、牛津大学特聘研究员。
莫利斯，这位终身与动物为伍的牛津大学博士，一生都在行走。他用一只眼睛观察动物，用另一只眼睛审视人类。1967年，他用“裸猿三部曲”——《裸猿》《人类动物园》《亲密行为》向人类宣称：人，不是从天而降的天使，而是由地而生的猿猴。
从《裸猿》三部曲起，他一共创作了十来种著作，被翻译成多种语言，且长销不衰。
Desmond Morris is a world-renowned zoologist and the author of many best-selling books on human and animal behaviour. He isthe author of Leopard (2013), Monkey (2013) and Owl (2009) in Reaktion’s Animal series.
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