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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814418203321

Autore

Shostak Marjorie <1945-1996.>

Titolo

Nisa, the life and words of a!Kung woman [[electronic resource] /] / Marjorie Shostak

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2000

ISBN

0-674-04359-6

Edizione

[1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (376 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Nisa

Disciplina

306/.08996106811

Soggetti

!Kung (African people) - Social life and customs

!Kung (African people)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Earliest Memories -- 2 Family Life -- 3 Life in the Bush -- 4 Discovering Sex -- 5 Trial Marriages -- 6 Marriage -- 7 Wives and Co-Wives -- 8 First Birth -- 9 Motherhood and Loss -- 10 Change -- 11 Women and Men -- 12 Taking Lovers -- 13 A Healing Ritual -- 14 Further Losses -- 15 Growing Older -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Glossary -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is the story of the life of Nisa, a member of the !Kung tribe of hunter-gatherers from southern Africa's Kalahari desert. Told in her own words--earthy, emotional, vivid--to Marjorie Shostak, a Harvard anthropologist who succeeded, with Nisa's collaboration, in breaking through the immense barriers of language and culture, the story is a fascinating view of a remarkable woman.