| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 320 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-310) and index. |
| Summary |
'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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ethnology -- Fieldwork -- Africa, Central.
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Ethnology -- Fieldwork. |
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Central Africa. |
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Ethnologists -- Africa, Central -- History.
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Ethnologists. |
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History. |
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First contact (Anthropology) -- Africa, Central -- History.
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First contact (Anthropology) |
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Africa, Central -- Discovery and exploration -- Germany.
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Discoveries in geography. |
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Germany. |
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Africa, Central -- Discovery and exploration -- Belgian.
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Africa, Central -- Description and travel.
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| Indexed Term |
Humaniora Historie. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Universität Frankfurt am Main. Frobenius-Institut.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fabian, Johannes. Out of our minds. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2000 0520221222 (DLC) 99088221 (OCoLC)43118293 |
| ISBN |
9780520923935 (electronic book) |
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0520923936 (electronic book) |
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0585391599 (electronic book) |
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9780585391595 (electronic book) |
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9780520221222 (alkaline paper) |
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0520221222 (alkaline paper) |
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9780520221239 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0520221230 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0520221222 (alkaline paper) |
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0520221230 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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