Shostak: ∗nisa∗: The Life & Workds Of A Kung Woman - Hardcover

Shostak, M

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0674624858 ISBN 13: 9780674624856

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1981

Synopsis

barriers of language and culture, the story is a fascinating view of a remarkable woman.

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Review:

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

Synopsis:

As told to anthropologist Marjorie Shostak, this life history of a woman of a hunting-gathering people of South Africa's Kalahari Desert reveals a person of wisdom, humor, courage, practicality, romantic yearnings, sorrow, and dignity.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0674624858
• ISBN 13: 9780674624856
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 408