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Author:

Fabian, Johannes.

Title:

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 / Johannes Fabian.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2000

Description:

xiv, 320 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Ethnology--Africa, Central--Fieldwork.
Ethnologists--Africa, Central--History.
First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners--Africa, Central--History.
Africa, Central--German.--German.
Africa, Central--Belgian.--Belgian.
Africa, Central--Description and travel.

Other Authors:

Universität Frankfurt am Main. Frobenius-Institut.

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

9780520221239 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0520221230 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780520221222 (alk. paper)
0520221222 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)43118293

LCCN:

99088221

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)