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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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2002.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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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 (330 pages): illustrations, maps |
ISBN: | 9780520936546 |