1 option
Deaf space in Adamorobe : an ethnographic study in a village in Ghana / Annelies Kusters.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kusters, Annelies, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Deaf culture--Ghana--Adamorobe.
- Deaf culture.
- Deaf people--Ghana--Adamorobe--Social life and customs.
- Deaf people.
- Deaf people--Marriage--Ghana--Adamorobe.
- Akan (African people)--Ghana--Adamorobe.
- Akan (African people).
- Ethnology--Ghana--Adamorobe.
- Ethnology.
- Deaf people--Marriage.
- Manners and customs.
- Ghana.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, 2015.
- 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"?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-238) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781563686320
- 1563686325
- OCLC:
- 903873302
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.