| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 315 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Ethnographic studies in subjectivity ; 3
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Ethnographic studies in subjectivity ; 3.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-307) and index. |
| Contents |
Is there a sixth sense? -- Anlo-land and Anlo-Ewe people -- Language and sensory orientations -- Kinesthesia and the development of moral sensibilities -- Sensory symbolism in birth and infant care practices -- Toward an understanding of Anlo forms of being-in-the-world -- Personhood and ritual reinforcement of balance -- Anlo cosmology, the senses, and practices of protection -- Well-being, strength, and health in Anlo worlds -- Sensory experience and cultural identity. |
| Summary |
Kathryn Geurts investigates the cultural meaning system and resulting sensorium of Anlo-Ewe-speaking people in southeastern Ghana. Geurts discovered that the five-senses model has little relevance in Anlo culture, where balance is a sense, and balancing (in a physical and psychological sense as well as in literal and metaphorical ways) is an essential component of what it means to be human. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Anlo (African people) -- Psychology.
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Anlo (African people) |
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Psychology. |
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Anlo (African people) -- Socialization.
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Socialization. |
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Senses and sensation -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Senses and sensation. |
| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Geurts, Kathryn Linn, 1960- Culture and the senses. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002 0520234553 (DLC) 2002022585 (OCoLC)49225861 |
| ISBN |
9780520936546 (electronic book) |
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052093654X (electronic book) |
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9780520234550 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0520234553 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780520234567 (paper ; alkaline paper) |
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0520234561 (paper ; alkaline paper) |
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0520234553 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0520234561 (paper ; alkaline paper) |
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