Deaf space in Adamorobe
Subtitle: an ethnographic study in a village in Ghana
By: Annelies Kusters
Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9781563686320; 9781563686337
Subjects: Deaf culture; Deaf; Social life and customs; Marriage; Akan (African people); Ethnology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-238) and index.
Table of contents: title: A deaf anthropologist's journey --; title: Adamorobe: an Akan village in the Akwapim Valley --; title: A deaf-inclusive village "since time immemorial until the end of days" --; title: "Deaf same"? Deaf spaces and deaf sociality --; title: Explanations of deafness in Adamorobe --; title: The marriage prohibition and deaf-deaf relationships --; title: Deaf education, the deaf church group, literacy, and Ghanaian sign language --; title: Charitable aid, development projects, and group leadership --; title: Visitors, researchers, and tourism --; title: The end of the "deaf village"?