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Culture and the senses bodily ways of knowing in an African community / Kathryn Linn Geurts.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Ethnographic studies in subjectivity ; 3.Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, (c)2002.; ©2002Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 315 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520936546
  • 052093654X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DT510.43.58
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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.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

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