Culture and the senses :: bodily ways of knowing in an African community /

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...

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1. Verfasser: Geurts, Kathryn Linn, 1960-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002.
Schriftenreihe:Ethnographic studies in subjectivity ; 3.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xvi, 315 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-307) and index.
ISBN:9780520936546
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9780520234567
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9780585466293

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