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.
Основен автор: | Fabian, Johannes. |
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Автор-организации: | Universitat Frankfurt am Main. Frobenius-Institut. |
Формат: | Електронна книга |
Език: | English |
Публикувано: |
Berkeley :
University of California Press,
℗♭2000.
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Онлайн достъп: |
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Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Out of our minds. |
Съдържание:
- 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.