Return to Nisa

Return to Nisa

by Shostak, Marjorie

Type Book
Rate 0.0 /5

"The story of two women - one a hunter-gatherer in Botswana, the other an ailing American anthropologist - this book returns the reader to territory that Marjorie Shostak wrote of so poignantly in the now classic Nisa: The Life and Words of a!Kung Woman. Here, however, the ground has perceptibly shifted. First published in 1981, Nisa served as a introduction to anthropology's most basic question: Can there be true understanding between people of profoundly different cultures?"--Jacket.

Read More ↓
Details
Files
Reviews
Download

Title Statements

  • Full title :Return to Nisa / Marjorie Shostak.

Summary

"The story of two women - one a hunter-gatherer in Botswana, the other an ailing American anthropologist - this book returns the reader to territory that Marjorie Shostak wrote of so poignantly in the now classic Nisa: The Life and Words of a!Kung Woman. Here, however, the ground has perceptibly shifted. First published in 1981, Nisa served as a introduction to anthropology's most basic question: Can there be true understanding between people of profoundly different cultures?"--Jacket.

Read More ↓

Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2000.

Publication Statements

Notes

Includes index.

The Physical Object

  • Description:251 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0674003233, 9780674003231
  • oclc:ocm44039506
  • LC Classification:DT1058.K86
  • Dewey Decimal:305.48/896106883

Table of Contents

Africa! -- Voices in Dobe -- Spirit travel -- Nisa is inside -- Gifts and payments -- Into the bush -- Lions in the night -- Village reflections -- Nisa remembers -- Deep trances -- Past and present -- Soldiers and spies -- Nisa the healer -- Last goodbyes -- Epilogue.

Read More ↓

Subjects

73.06 ethnography anthropology Biografie Biographies Botswana Etnografie Femmes ju/'hoan -- Biographies Femmes ju/'hoan -- Mœurs et coutumes Frau Kung Kung (volk) Nisa San Shostak, Marjorie Soziale Situation Women Women, !Kung -- Biography Women, !Kung -- Social life and customs Women,!Kung Women,!Kung -- Social life and customs

Writers

Shostak, Marjorie

Rate & Review

0.0/5
(0 people Voted)

No reviews yet. Be the first to rate this work.

Files & Downloads

  • Return to Nisa -- (.pdf)

    PDF · 2.4 MB · updated
    Login →