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Author Kusters, Annelies, author.

Title Deaf space in Adamorobe : an ethnographic study in a village in Ghana / Annelies Kusters.

Publication Info. Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, 2015.

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Description 1 online resource
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents A deaf anthropologist's journey -- Adamorobe: an Akan village in the Akwapim Valley -- A deaf-inclusive village "since time immemorial until the end of days" -- "Deaf same"? Deaf spaces and deaf sociality -- Explanations of deafness in Adamorobe -- Marriage prohibition and deaf-deaf relationships -- Deaf education, the deaf church group, literacy, and Ghanaian sign language -- Charitable aid, development projects, and group leadership -- Visitors, researchers, and tourism -- End of the "deaf village"?
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Subject Ethnology -- Ghana -- Adamorobe.
Ethnology.
Ghana.
Akan (African people) -- Ghana -- Adamorobe.
Akan (African people)
Deaf -- Marriage -- Ghana -- Adamorobe.
Deaf -- Marriage.
Deaf -- Ghana -- Adamorobe -- Social life and customs.
Deaf.
Manners and customs.
Deaf culture -- Ghana -- Adamorobe.
Deaf culture.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Kusters, Annelies. Deaf space in Adamorobe. Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, 2015 (DLC) 2014047295
ISBN 9781563686337 (electronic book)
1563686333 (electronic book)
9781563686320 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
1563686325