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1 portfolio (10 posters, 1 booklet, 3 postcards) : illustrations ; 22 cm
The Bears is a book about Bears. It was begat from a series of encounters that occurred in the neighborhood of Chelsea, New York between July, 2008 and December, 2010. The book seeks to present a notion of bearishness by tracing back the subculture to its western American roots in lumberjacking, motorcycling and frontiersmanship. Using as its jump-off points the California state flag, the constellation of Ursa Major, and the phenomenon of the so-called Bear Code, The Bears goes on to delineate its author's relationship to the animal itself, to the representations of (and cultural references to) that animal, and to the individuals that have co-opted that animal's designation ('Bear'). The paperback, belly-banded book includes a series of ten small foldout posters and a sixteen-page saddle-stitched portion entitled The Dead Bears.
Posters: I. The bears -- II. The Chicago Bears -- III. Smokey Bear -- IV. Bear markets -- V. Gummi/gummy bears -- VI. Bear hugs -- VII. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear -- VII. Paddington Bear -- IX. Bear Scouts -- X. The Care Bears.
The dead bears: I. Elvis' teddy bear -- II. Pelts -- III. Wojtek/Voytek -- IV. Bear shot placement poster -- V. Bear chair -- VI. Dead bears -- VII. Bart the Bear -- VII. Bear claw jewelry -- IX. Teddy bear (almost) -- X. Gentle Ben, the Bear.
The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of the Antonio C. LaPastina and Dale Rice Collection.
Donated by Antonio C. LaPastina and Dale Rice 20170123