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  • Fabian, Johannes.
     
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  • Ethnology -- Fieldwork.
     
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  • Ethnologists -- History.
     
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  • First contact (Anthropology) -- History.
     
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  • Africa, Central
     
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    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.
     
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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: 
    Berkeley : University of California Press, c2000.
    Description: 
    xiv, 320 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
    Bibliography Note: 
    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.
    Publications: 
    Reviewed by Tamara Giles-Vernick in African studies review (New Brunswick, NJ) 44 (1) April 2001, pages 142-144 (DT1.A1A26 AFA).
    Subject: 
    Ethnology -- Africa, Central -- Fieldwork.
    Ethnologists -- Africa, Central -- History.
    First contact (Anthropology) -- Africa, Central -- History.
    Africa, Central -- Discovery and exploration -- German.
    Africa, Central -- Discovery and exploration -- Belgian.
    Africa, Central -- Description and travel
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    Universität Frankfurt am Main. Frobenius-Institut
    Catalog Source No.: 
    (OCoLC)ocm43118293
    ISBN: 
    0520221222 (alk. paper)
    0520221230 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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    GN17.3.A352 F33 2000XAfrican Art39088009265901Checked InRequest Copy
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    GN17.3.A352F33 2000XAnthropology39088008987463Checked InRequest Copy
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