Ulysses' Sail: An Ethnographic Odyssey of Power, Knowledge, and Geographical Distance (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)

Ulysses' Sail: An Ethnographic Odyssey of Power, Knowledge, and Geographical Distance

(Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Forfatter: Mary W. Helms

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What do long-distance travelers gain from their voyages, especially when faraway lands are regarded as the source of esoteric knowledge? Mary Helms explains how various cultures interpret space and distance in cosmological terms, and why they associate political power with information about strange places, peoples, and things. She assesses the dive

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Forlag Princeton University Press
Forfatter Mary W. Helms
Type Bog
Format Paperback / softback
Sprog Engelsk
Udgivelsesdato 14-07-2014
Første udgivelsesår 2014
Serie Princeton Legacy Library
Originalsprog United States
Sideantal 312
Indbinding Paperback / softback
Forlag Princeton University Press
Sideoplysninger 312 pages
Mål 158 x 234 x 20
ISBN-13 / EAN-13 9780691605722