Culture and the senses [[electronic resource] ] : bodily ways of knowing in an African community / / Kathryn Linn Geurts |
Autore | Geurts Kathryn Linn <1960-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (350 p.) |
Disciplina | 155.8/4963374 |
Collana | Ethnographic studies in subjectivity |
Soggetto topico |
Anlo (African people) - Psychology
Anlo (African people) - Socialization Senses and sensation |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-76272-9
9786612762727 1-59734-564-4 0-520-93654-X |
Classificazione | CP 2000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration and Orthography -- Map of Southeastern Ghana -- 1. Is There a Sixth Sense? -- 2. Anlo-Land and Anlo-Ewe People -- 3. Language and Sensory Orientations -- 4. Kinesthesia and the Development of Moral Sensibilities -- 5. Sensory Symbolism in Birth and Infant Care Practices -- 6. Toward an Understanding of Anlo Forms of Being-in-the-World -- 7. Personhood and Ritual Reinforcement of Balance -- 8. Anlo Cosmology, the Senses, and Practices of Protection -- 9. Well-Being, Strength, and Health in Anlo Worlds -- 10. Sensory Experience and Cultural Identity -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910449772203321 |
Geurts Kathryn Linn <1960-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Culture and the senses [[electronic resource] ] : bodily ways of knowing in an African community / / Kathryn Linn Geurts |
Autore | Geurts Kathryn Linn <1960-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (350 p.) |
Disciplina | 155.8/4963374 |
Collana | Ethnographic studies in subjectivity |
Soggetto topico |
Anlo (African people) - Psychology
Anlo (African people) - Socialization Senses and sensation |
Soggetto non controllato |
africa
african community anlo culture anlo ewe anlo society anthropologists balance cultural anthropology cultural knowledge cultural meaning cultural perspective cultural traditions demographic studies ethnographers ethnography ghana hearing innate senses inner states metaphorical senses nonfiction perception philosophy physical senses sensorium sensory perception sight smell social cultural social science taste touch |
ISBN |
1-282-76272-9
9786612762727 1-59734-564-4 0-520-93654-X |
Classificazione | CP 2000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration and Orthography -- Map of Southeastern Ghana -- 1. Is There a Sixth Sense? -- 2. Anlo-Land and Anlo-Ewe People -- 3. Language and Sensory Orientations -- 4. Kinesthesia and the Development of Moral Sensibilities -- 5. Sensory Symbolism in Birth and Infant Care Practices -- 6. Toward an Understanding of Anlo Forms of Being-in-the-World -- 7. Personhood and Ritual Reinforcement of Balance -- 8. Anlo Cosmology, the Senses, and Practices of Protection -- 9. Well-Being, Strength, and Health in Anlo Worlds -- 10. Sensory Experience and Cultural Identity -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777338403321 |
Geurts Kathryn Linn <1960-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Culture and the senses : bodily ways of knowing in an African community / / Kathryn Linn Geurts |
Autore | Geurts Kathryn Linn <1960-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (350 p.) |
Disciplina | 155.8/4963374 |
Collana | Ethnographic studies in subjectivity |
Soggetto topico |
Anlo (African people) - Psychology
Anlo (African people) - Socialization Senses and sensation |
ISBN |
1-282-76272-9
9786612762727 1-59734-564-4 0-520-93654-X |
Classificazione | CP 2000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration and Orthography -- Map of Southeastern Ghana -- 1. Is There a Sixth Sense? -- 2. Anlo-Land and Anlo-Ewe People -- 3. Language and Sensory Orientations -- 4. Kinesthesia and the Development of Moral Sensibilities -- 5. Sensory Symbolism in Birth and Infant Care Practices -- 6. Toward an Understanding of Anlo Forms of Being-in-the-World -- 7. Personhood and Ritual Reinforcement of Balance -- 8. Anlo Cosmology, the Senses, and Practices of Protection -- 9. Well-Being, Strength, and Health in Anlo Worlds -- 10. Sensory Experience and Cultural Identity -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814521603321 |
Geurts Kathryn Linn <1960-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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