02635nam 2200613Ia 450 991096244230332120240813213810.09780674043596067404359610.4159/9780674043596(CKB)1000000000786799(OCoLC)438187521(CaPaEBR)ebrary10318392(SSID)ssj0000211418(PQKBManifestationID)11185024(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000211418(PQKBWorkID)10311303(PQKB)10942695(DE-B1597)574355(DE-B1597)9780674043596(MiAaPQ)EBC3300400(Perlego)1147812(EXLCZ)99100000000078679920001027d2000 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrNisa, the life and words of a !Kung woman /Marjorie Shostak1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press20001 online resource (376 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780674624856 0674624858 9780674004320 0674004329 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 Marjorie1945-1996.148413Nisa269842MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910962442303321Nisa, the life and words of a !Kung woman4366846UNINA