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

• Autore: Shostak Marjorie <1945-1996.>
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2000
• Edizione: 1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (376 p.)
• Disciplina: 306/.08996106811
• Soggetto topico: !Kung (African people) - Social life and customs; !Kung (African people)
• Altri autori: Nisa
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Nisa, the life and words of a!Kung woman
• ISBN: 0-674-04359-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778182503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II