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

Mary W. Helms

Ulysses' Sail: An Ethnographic Odyssey of Power, Knowledge, and Geographical Distance
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Country
United States
Published
28 June 2016
Pages
312
ISBN
9780691634654

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

Mary W. Helms

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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