Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung WomanThis 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. |
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Reseña de usuario - Hebephrene - LibraryThingThere should be a movie in this. A comedy actually since the story of an eager ambitious anthropologist who needs to publish to succeed realizes that the best (or only ) person for their study is ... Leer reseña completa
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Reseña de usuario - bookwoman247 - LibraryThingMarjorie Shostak was an anthropologist studying the women of the !Kung hunter-gatherers on the edge of the Kalahari in the 1960's and 1970's. This book is the result of her interviews with one of ... Leer reseña completa
Índice
Introduction | 1 |
1 Earliest Memories | 41 |
2 Family Life | 59 |
3 Life in the Bush | 73 |
4 Discovering Sex | 95 |
5 Trial Marriages | 115 |
6 Marriage | 133 |
7 Wives and CoWives | 151 |
11 Women and Men | 213 |
12 Taking Lovers | 237 |
13 A Healing Ritual | 259 |
14 Further Losses | 273 |
15 Growing Older | 287 |
Epilogue | 309 |
Notes | 333 |
Glossary | 345 |
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Términos y frases comunes
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Información bibliográfica
| Título | Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman |
| Autor | Marjorie Shostak |
| Editor | Harvard University Press, 2009 |
| ISBN | 0674043596, 9780674043596 |
| N.º de páginas | 376 páginas |
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