Explorers 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…
'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.
This book traces the personal and intellectual histories of six remarkable women anthropologists, using a rich cocktail of new archivalsources.
Focusing on the crucial contributions of women researchers, Andrew Bank demonstrates that the modern school of social anthropology in South Africa was uniquely female-dominated. The book traces the personal and intellectual histories of six remarkable women through the use of a …
Focusing on the crucial contributions of women researchers, Andrew Bank demonstrates that the modern school of social anthropology in South Africa was uniquely female-dominated. The book traces the personal and intellectual histories of six remarkable women through the use of a …
Focusing on the crucial contributions of women researchers, Andrew Bank demonstrates that the modern school of social anthropology in South Africa was uniquely female-dominated. The book traces the personal and intellectual histories of six remarkable women through the use of a …
This book traces the personal and intellectual histories of six remarkable women anthropologists, using a rich cocktail of new archival sources.
A historian/anthropologist amongst the Garos of Bangladesh / Ellen Bal -- Power and authority in the field / Ali Khan -- Story of my research in Bhutan / A.C. Sinha -- Remembering fieldwork histories / Mandy Sadan -- Fields of working knowledge / Ben Campbell -- Reflections on f…