Farooq, Nihad M., 1971-

Undisciplined : science, ethnography, and personhood in the Americas, 1830-1940 / Nihad M. Farooq. - 1 online resource (262 pages) : illustrations. - America and the long 19th century . - America and the long 19th century. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reciprocity, Wonder, Consequence : Object Lessons in the Land of Fire -- Of Blindness, Blood, and Second Sight : Transpersonal Journeys from Brazil to Ethiopia -- Creole Authenticity and Cultural Performance : Ethnographic Personhood in the Twentieth Century -- Performing Diaspora : The Science of Speaking for Haiti -- Conclusion : "I Danced, I Don't Know How" : Media, Race, and the Posthuman.

9781479842865 (e-book)


Ethnology--History--America--19th century.
Ethnology--History--America--20th century.
Philosophical anthropology--History--19th century.
Philosophical anthropology--History--20th century.
Persons--Philosophy.


Electronic books.

E29.A1 / F37 2016

305.80097