Out of our minds : reason and madness in the exploration of Central Africa : the Ad. E. Jensen lectures at the Frobenius Institut, University of Frankfurt /

'Out of Our Minds' shows explorers and ethnographers in Africa during colonial expansion were far from rational - often meeting their hosts in extraordinary states influenced by opiates, alcohol, sex, fever, fatigue, and violence.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fabian, Johannes
Autor Corporativo: Universität Frankfurt am Main. Frobenius-Institut
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2000.
Temas:
Ethnology > Fieldwork > Africa, Central.
Ethnologists > Africa, Central > History.
First contact (Anthropology) > Africa, Central > History.
Ethnology > Africa, Central.
First contact (Anthropology)
Expeditions > history
Ethnologie > Afrique centrale.
Premiers contacts (Anthropologie)
HISTORY.
Ethnology
Discoveries in geography > Belgian
Discoveries in geography > German
Ethnologists
Ethnology > Fieldwork
Travel
Exploratie.
Kolonisatie.
Ethnologues > Afrique centrale > Histoire.
Ethnologie > Afrique centrale > Histoire.
Autochtones > Premiers contacts avec les Occidentaux > Afrique centrale > Histoire.
Africa, Central > Discovery and exploration > German.
Africa, Central > Discovery and exploration > Belgian.
Africa, Central > Description and travel.
Afrique centrale > Découverte et exploration allemandes.
Afrique centrale > Découverte et exploration belges.
Afrique centrale > Descriptions et voyages.
Central Africa
Humaniora > Historie.
History
Lectures.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:'Out of Our Minds' shows explorers and ethnographers in Africa during colonial expansion were far from rational - often meeting their hosts in extraordinary states influenced by opiates, alcohol, sex, fever, fatigue, and violence.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 320 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-310) and index.
ISBN:9780520923935
0520923936
0585391599
9780585391595
9780520221222
0520221222
9780520221239
0520221230

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