Culture and the Senses : Bodily Ways of Knowing in an African Community /

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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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Geurts, Kathryn Linn, 1960-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2002.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Zintuigen.
Socialisatie (sociale wetenschappen)
Psychologie.
Anlo (volk)
Senses and sensation
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
PSYCHOLOGY > Ethnopsychology.
Sens et sensations > Études transculturelles.
Anlo (Peuple d'Afrique) > Socialisation.
Anlo (Peuple d'Afrique) > Psychologie.
Senses and sensation > Cross-cultural studies.
Anlo (African people) > Socialization.
Anlo (African people) > Psychology.
Ghana.
Cross-cultural studies.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (330 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780520936546

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