Civilization and Its Elephants

Kári Driscoll

doi:10.52537/humanimalia.25700

Author(s)

Kári Driscoll Utrecht University Author https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4654-4666

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52537/humanimalia.25700

Keywords:

Editorial, big game hunting, elephants, Babar, Bambi, colonialism, anthropomorphism

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Author Biography

Kári Driscoll, Utrecht University

Kári Driscoll is the editor-in-chief of Humanimalia.

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