The Dobe Ju/'hoansi, Volume 10This classic, bestselling study of the Kung San, foragers of the Dobe area of the Kalahari Desert describes a people's reactions to the forces of modernization, detailing relatively recent changes to Kung rituals, beliefs, social structure, marriage and kinship system. It documents their determination to take hold of their own destiny-despite exploitation of their habitat and relentless development-to assert their political rights and revitalize their communities. Use of the name Ju/'hoansi (meaning "real people") acknowledges their new sense of empowerment. |
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Page 53
... animal correlates directly with the size of its print . The depth of the print indicates the weight of the animal . An old or infirm animal may be distinguished by a halting gait or uneven stride length . Evidence of crippling is ...
... animal correlates directly with the size of its print . The depth of the print indicates the weight of the animal . An old or infirm animal may be distinguished by a halting gait or uneven stride length . Evidence of crippling is ...
Page 187
... animal and / Tontah's poor judgment . We danced and ate that ox for two days and two nights ; we cooked and dis- tributed 14 potfuls of meat , and no one went home hungry and no fights broke out . But the " joke " stayed in my mind . I ...
... animal and / Tontah's poor judgment . We danced and ate that ox for two days and two nights ; we cooked and dis- tributed 14 potfuls of meat , and no one went home hungry and no fights broke out . But the " joke " stayed in my mind . I ...
Page 188
... animal , carry the meat back to the camp , and everyone eats , " / Gaugo concluded . Things were beginning to make sense . Next , I went to Tomazho . He corrob- orated / Gaugo's story of the obligatory insults over a kill and added a ...
... animal , carry the meat back to the camp , and everyone eats , " / Gaugo concluded . Things were beginning to make sense . Next , I went to Tomazho . He corrob- orated / Gaugo's story of the obligatory insults over a kill and added a ...
Contents
The Juhoansi | 1 |
The People of the Dobe Area | 8 |
Environment and Settlement | 23 |
Copyright | |
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Africa animal anthropology arrows asked Basarwa behavior Biesele Blacks Botswana brother bush Bushmen called cattle Chapter conflict culture Debe development anthropology diet Dobe area Dobe Ju/'hoansi ecology fight film foraging gangwasi Gausha Ghanzi girls goats Goshe headman healers healing dance herd Herero hunter hunter-gatherers hunting and gathering husband huts Hwan hxaro joking Ju/'hoan Ju/'hoansi Kalahari Kalahari Desert Kangwa kaross Kasupe kill kin terms kinship Kumsa kun!a Kung San land living Lorna Marshall Marjorie Shostak marriage married Maun meat mongongo mother N!ai N!eishi n!ore name relationship Namibia nuts Nyae Nyae area older parents percent relatives season Setswana sexual siblings sister social social anthropology society South African spear species spouses steenbok SWAPO swara Tjum!kui Toma Tontah trance truck Tswana village waterhole Wiessner wife Wilmsen woman women Xashe Yellen young