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Out of our minds : reason and madness in the exploration of Central Africa

Title
Out of our minds : reason and madness in the exploration of Central Africa / Johannes Fabian.
Author
Fabian, Johannes.
Publication
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2000.

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Additional Authors
Universität Frankfurt am Main. Frobenius-Institut.
Description
xv, 320 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Ethnology > Africa, Central > Fieldwork
  • Ethnologists > Africa, Central > History
  • First contact (Anthropology) > Africa, Central > History
  • Africa, Central > Discovery and exploration > German
  • Africa, Central > Discovery and exploration > Belgian
  • Africa, Central > Description and travel
Note
  • "The Ad. E. Jensen lectures at the Frobenius-Institut, University of Frankfurt."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-310) and index.
Contents
Travel, exploration, and occupation -- Living and dying -- Drives, emotions, and moods -- Things, sounds, and spectacles -- Communicating and commanding -- Charisma, cannabis, and crossing Africa: explorers in the land of friendship -- Making knowledge: the senses and cognition -- Making sense: knowledge and understanding -- Presence and representation.
Call Number
JFE 00-11718
ISBN
  • 0520221222 (alk. paper)
  • 0520221230 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
99088221
OCLC
43118293
Author
Fabian, Johannes.
Title
Out of our minds : reason and madness in the exploration of Central Africa / Johannes Fabian.
Imprint
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2000.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-310) and index.
Added Author
Universität Frankfurt am Main. Frobenius-Institut.
Research Call Number
JFE 00-11718
Sc E 00-1024
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