Elephant House / / Nigel Rothfels.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Rothfels, Nigel,
• MitwirkendeR: Blau, Dick,; Keele, Mike,; Rothfels, Nigel,
• TeilnehmendeR: Blau, Dick.
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Animalibus: Of Animals and Cultures ; 7
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (108 p.) :; 69 color illustrations
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Foreword --; Elephant House --; Photographs --; List of Photographs --; Acknowledgments
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780271078328; 9783110745252
• DOI: 10.1515/9780271078328?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Nigel Rothfels.

In Elephant House, photographer Dick Blau and historian Nigel Rothfels offer a thought-provoking study of the Oregon Zoo's Asian Elephant Building and the daily routines of its residents-human and pachyderm alike. Without an agenda beyond a desire to build a deeper understanding of this enigmatic environment, Elephant House is the result of the authors' unique creative collaboration and explores the relationships between captive elephants and their human caregivers.Blau's evocative photographs are complex and challenging, while Rothfels's text offers a scholarly and personal response to the questions that surround elephants and captivity. Elephant House does not take sides in the debate over zoos but focuses instead on the bonds of attentiveness between the animals and their keepers. Accompanied by a foreword from retired elephant keeper Mike Keele, Elephant House is a frank, fascinating look at the evolving world of elephant husbandry.