LEADER 03753nam 22008173u 450 001 9910454772003321 005 20210113165745.0 010 $a0-520-92393-6 010 $a1-59734-790-6 035 $a(CKB)111056485639892 035 $a(EBL)224211 035 $a(OCoLC)475930101 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000216886 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11181486 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000216886 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10198801 035 $a(PQKB)10665947 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000083788 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC224211 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485639892 100 $a20130418d2000|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOut of Our Minds$b[electronic resource] $eReason and Madness in the Exploration of Central Africa 210 $aBerkeley, Calif. ;$aLondon $cUniversity of California Press$d2000 215 $a1 online resource (337 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-22122-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aExplorers 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. 606 $aEthnologists 606 $aEthnology 606 $aEthnology-- Africa, Central-- Fieldwork 606 $aFirst contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners 606 $aFirst contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners - Africa, Central - History 606 $aEthnology$xFieldwork$zAfrica, Central 606 $aEthnologists$xHistory$zAfrica, Central 606 $aFirst contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners$xHistory$zAfrica, Central 606 $aAnthropology - General$2HILCC 606 $aAnthropology$2HILCC 606 $aSocial Sciences$2HILCC 607 $aAfrica, Central$xDiscovery and exploration$xGerman 607 $aAfrica, Central$xDiscovery and exploration$xBelgian 607 $aAfrica, Central$xDescription and travel 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aEthnologists. 615 4$aEthnology. 615 4$aEthnology-- Africa, Central-- Fieldwork. 615 4$aFirst contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners. 615 4$aFirst contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners - Africa, Central - History. 615 0$aEthnology$xFieldwork 615 0$aEthnologists$xHistory 615 0$aFirst contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners$xHistory 615 7$aAnthropology - General 615 7$aAnthropology 615 7$aSocial Sciences 676 $a967 676 $a967.0230922 700 $aFabian$b Johannes$0143955 712 02$aUniversität Frankfurt am Main Frobenius-Institut. 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454772003321 996 $aOut of Our Minds$92026617 997 $aUNINA