03695nam 22008173u 450 991082895520332120240410064708.00-520-92393-61-59734-790-6(CKB)111056485639892(EBL)224211(OCoLC)475930101(SSID)ssj0000216886(PQKBManifestationID)11181486(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000216886(PQKBWorkID)10198801(PQKB)10665947(StDuBDS)EDZ0000083788(MiAaPQ)EBC224211(EXLCZ)9911105648563989220130418d2000|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrOut of our minds[electronic resource] reason and madness in the exploration of Central Africa1st ed.Berkeley, Calif. ;London University of California Press20001 online resource (337 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-22122-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Travel, Exploration, and Occupation; 3. Living and Dying; 4. Drives, Emotions, and Moods; 5. Things, Sounds, and Spectacles; 6. Communicating and Commanding; 7. Charisma, Cannabis, and Crossing Africa: Explorers in the Land of Friendship; 8. Making Knowledge: The Senses and Cognition; 9. Making Sense: Knowledge and Understanding; 10. Presence and Representation; 11. Epilogue; Appendix: Expeditions; Notes; Bibliography; IndexExplorers and ethnographers in Africa during the period of colonial expansion are usually assumed to have been guided by rational aims such as the desire for scientific knowledge, fame, or financial gain. This book, the culmination of many years of research on nineteenth-century exploration in Central Africa, provides a new view of those early European explorers and their encounters with Africans.EthnologistsEthnologyEthnology-- Africa, Central-- FieldworkFirst contact of aboriginal peoples with WesternersFirst contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners - Africa, Central - HistoryEthnologyFieldworkAfrica, CentralEthnologistsHistoryAfrica, CentralFirst contact (Anthropology)Africa, CentralHistoryAnthropology - GeneralHILCCAnthropologyHILCCSocial SciencesHILCCAfrica, CentralDiscovery and explorationGermanAfrica, CentralDiscovery and explorationBelgianAfrica, CentralDescription and travelEthnologists.Ethnology.Ethnology-- Africa, Central-- Fieldwork.First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners.First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners - Africa, Central - History.EthnologyFieldworkEthnologistsHistoryFirst contact (Anthropology)History.Anthropology - GeneralAnthropologySocial Sciences967967.0230922Fabian Johannes143955Universität Frankfurt am Main Frobenius-Institut.AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910828955203321Out of our minds4057106UNINA