Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman - Softcover

Shostak, Marjorie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0674004329 ISBN 13: 9780674004320

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Nisa The story of the life of Nisa, a member of the Kung tribe of hunter gatherers in southern Africa. It is told in her own words to Marjorie Shostak, a Harvard anthropologist who succeeded in breaking through the immense barriers of language and culture. First published 1981. Full description

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Review:

We have a remarkable anthropologist to thank for an absorbing account.

Both Nisa and Shostak are unusual people, and their collaboration has resulted in an unparalleled account of !Kung life from a personal rather than social or ecological perspective. Even more important, their work results in a revelation of the universality of women's experiences and feelings despite vast differences in culture and society. Nisa helps us know what it means to be !Kung, to be a woman, and finally, to be human.

results in a revelation of the universality of women's experiences and feelings despite vast differences in culture and society. Nisa helps us know what it means to be !Kung, to be a woman, and finally, to be human.

Nisa is a humbling and inspiring book.--Tim Jeal"Wall Street Journal" (09/08/2012)

When I reread "Nisa", as I have done regularly in teaching over the years, I experience its originality, poignancy, and excitement afresh each time. Few books that were so influential in changing the look and feel of ethnography for entire generations of anthropologists have held up so well. It is a classic, with currency and continuing possibility.--George Marcus, Professor of Anthropology, Rice University

When I reread "Nisa," as I have done regularly in teaching over the years, I experience its originality, poignancy, and excitement afresh each time. Few books that were so influential in changing the look and feel of ethnography for entire generations of anthropologists have held up so well. It is a classic, with currency and continuing possibility.--George Marcus, Professor of Anthropology, Rice University

When I reread Nisa, as I have done regularly in teaching over the years, I experience its originality, poignancy, and excitement afresh each time. Few books that were so influential in changing the look and feel of ethnography for entire generations of anthropologists have held up so well. It is a classic, with currency and continuing possibility.--George Marcus, Professor of Anthropology, Rice University

About the Author:

Marjorie Shostak was a Research Associate in the Department of Anthropology at Emory University and an award-winning photographer.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0674004329
• ISBN 13: 9780674004320
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 376