ISBN:
9781563686337
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (pages cm)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Kusters, Annelies Deaf Space in Adamorobe : An Ethnographic Study in a Village in Ghana
DDC:
305.908209667
Keywords:
Deaf Marriage
;
Deaf Social life and customs
;
Deaf culture
;
Ethnology
;
Akan (African people)
;
Ethnology - Ghana - Adamorobe
;
Deaf culture ; Ghana ; Adamorobe
;
Deaf ; Ghana ; Adamorobe ; Social life and customs
;
Deaf ; Marriage ; Ghana ; Adamorobe
;
Akan (African people) ; Ghana ; Adamorobe
;
Ethnology ; Ghana ; Adamorobe
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Map of Adamorobe -- Map 2 of Adamorobe -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- Chapter 1: A Deaf Anthropologist's Journey -- Chapter 2: Adamorobe: An Akan Village in the Akwapim Valley -- Chapter 3: A Deaf-Inclusive Village ""Since Time Immemorial until the End of Days"" -- Chapter 4: ""Deaf Same"": Deaf Spaces and Deaf Sociality -- Chapter 5: Explanations of Deafness in Adamorobe -- Chapter 6: The Marriage Prohibition and Deaf-Deaf Relationships -- Chapter 7: Deaf Education, the Deaf Church Group, Literacy, and Ghanaian Sign Language
Abstract:
Chapter 8: Charitable Aid, Development Projects, and Group Leadership -- Chapter 9: Visitors, Researchers, and Tourism -- Chapter 10: The End of the ""Deaf Village""? -- Notes -- Index
Description / Table of 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"?
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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