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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2002.
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| Colección: | Ethnographic studies in subjectivity ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 315 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-307) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520936546 052093654X 9780520234550 0520234553 9780520234567 0520234561 0585466297 9780585466293 |