NISA: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman - 81 edition
NISA: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman - 81 edition
ISBN13: 9780674004320
ISBN10: 0674004329
Edition: 81
Copyright: 1981
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1981
International: No
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Summary
This classic paperback is available once again-and exclusively-from Harvard University Press.
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.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Earliest Memories | p. 41 |
| Family Life | p. 59 |
| Life in the Bush | p. 73 |
| Discovering Sex | p. 95 |
| Trial Marriages | p. 115 |
| Marriage | p. 133 |
| Wives and Co-Wives | p. 151 |
| First Birth | p. 159 |
| Motherhood and Loss | p. 181 |
| Change | p. 193 |
| Women and Men | p. 213 |
| Taking Lovers | p. 237 |
| A Healing Ritual | p. 259 |
| Further Losses | p. 273 |
| Growing Older | p. 287 |
| Epilogue | p. 309 |
| Notes | p. 333 |
| Glossary | p. 345 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 353 |
| Index | p. 357 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
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This classic paperback is available once again-and exclusively-from Harvard University Press.
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.
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Earliest Memories | p. 41 |
| Family Life | p. 59 |
| Life in the Bush | p. 73 |
| Discovering Sex | p. 95 |
| Trial Marriages | p. 115 |
| Marriage | p. 133 |
| Wives and Co-Wives | p. 151 |
| First Birth | p. 159 |
| Motherhood and Loss | p. 181 |
| Change | p. 193 |
| Women and Men | p. 213 |
| Taking Lovers | p. 237 |
| A Healing Ritual | p. 259 |
| Further Losses | p. 273 |
| Growing Older | p. 287 |
| Epilogue | p. 309 |
| Notes | p. 333 |
| Glossary | p. 345 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 353 |
| Index | p. 357 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
Published: 1981
International: No
Summary
This classic paperback is available once again-and exclusively-from Harvard University Press.
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.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Earliest Memories | p. 41 |
| Family Life | p. 59 |
| Life in the Bush | p. 73 |
| Discovering Sex | p. 95 |
| Trial Marriages | p. 115 |
| Marriage | p. 133 |
| Wives and Co-Wives | p. 151 |
| First Birth | p. 159 |
| Motherhood and Loss | p. 181 |
| Change | p. 193 |
| Women and Men | p. 213 |
| Taking Lovers | p. 237 |
| A Healing Ritual | p. 259 |
| Further Losses | p. 273 |
| Growing Older | p. 287 |
| Epilogue | p. 309 |
| Notes | p. 333 |
| Glossary | p. 345 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 353 |
| Index | p. 357 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
