Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Note on Transliteration and Orthography xv
5. Map of Southeastern Ghana xvii
6. Introduction: Cultural Construction of Sensoriums and Sensibilities
7. 1. Is There a Sixth Sense? 3
8. 2. Anlo-Land and Anlo-Ewe People 21
9. Part one. Conceptualizing Sensory Orientations in Anlo-Land
10. 3. Language and Sensory Orientations 37
11. Part two. Moral Embodiment and Sensory Socialization
12. 4. Kinesthesia and the Development of Moral Sensibilities 73
13. 5. Sensory Symbolism in Birth and Infant Care Practices 85
14. Part three. Person and Identity
15. 6. Toward an Understanding of Anlo Forms of Being-in-the-World 111
16. 7. Personhood and Ritual Reinforcement of Balance 144
17. Part four. Health, Strength, and Sensory Dimensions of Well-Being
18. 8. Anlo Cosmology, the Senses, and Practices of Protection 169
19. 9. Well-Being, Strength, and Health in Anlo Worlds 201
20. Conclusion: Ethnography and the Study of Cultural Difference
21. 10. Sensory Experience and Cultural Identity 227
22. Notes 251
23. Glossary 281
24. Bibliography 285
25. Index 309