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Deaf space in Adamorobe an ethnographic study in a village in Ghana

Title: Deaf space in Adamorobe [electronic resource] : an ethnographic study in a village in Ghana / Annelies Kusters.
Author: Kusters, Annelies.
Publication: Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, 2015.

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1 online resource (xiii, 247 pages)

Uniform Title

Deaf space in Adamorobe (Online)

Alternative Title

Deaf space in Adamorobe (Online)

Subject

Deaf culture > Ghana > Adamorobe
Deaf > Ghana > Adamorobe > Social life and customs
Deaf > Marriage > Ghana > Adamorobe
Akan (African people) > Ghana > Adamorobe
Ethnology > Ghana > Adamorobe

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-238) and index.

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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"?

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