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Deaf space in Adamorobe : an ethnographic study in a village in Ghana
- Title
- Deaf space in Adamorobe : an ethnographic study in a village in Ghana / Annelies Kusters.
- Author
- Kusters, Annelies
- Publication
- Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, 2015.
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 247 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-238) and index.
- Contents
- A deaf anthropologist's journey -- Adamorobe: an Akan village in the Akwapim Valley -- A deaf-inclusive village "since time immemorial until the end of days" -- "Deaf same"? Deaf spaces and deaf sociality -- Explanations of deafness in Adamorobe -- The marriage prohibition and deaf-deaf relationships -- Deaf education, the deaf church group, literacy, and Ghanaian sign language -- Charitable aid, development projects, and group leadership -- Visitors, researchers, and tourism -- The end of the "deaf village"?
- Call Number
- Sc E 15-1676
- ISBN
- 9781563686320 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 1563686325 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9781563686337 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2014047295
- OCLC
- 903873302
- Author
- Kusters, Annelies, author.
- Title
- Deaf space in Adamorobe : an ethnographic study in a village in Ghana / Annelies Kusters.
- Publisher
- Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, 2015.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-238) and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 15-1676