02566nam 2200565Ia 450 991081441820332120180802070800.00-674-04359-610.4159/9780674043596(CKB)1000000000786799(OCoLC)438187521(CaPaEBR)ebrary10318392(SSID)ssj0000211418(PQKBManifestationID)11185024(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000211418(PQKBWorkID)10311303(PQKB)10942695(DE-B1597)574355(DE-B1597)9780674043596(MiAaPQ)EBC3300400(EXLCZ)99100000000078679920001027d2000 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrNisa, the life and words of a!Kung woman[electronic resource] /Marjorie Shostak1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press20001 online resource (376 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-62485-8 0-674-00432-9 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 -- IndexThis 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.!Kung (African people)Social life and customs!Kung (African people)Biography!Kung (African people)Social life and customs.!Kung (African people)306/.08996106811Shostak Marjorie1945-1996.148413Nisa269842MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814418203321Nisa, the life and words of a!Kung woman4127386UNINA