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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... culture that emerges as the case study proceeds is com- pelling and challenging . A picture of steady work , steady leisure , and adequate diet challenges our conceptions of Western industrialized culture as the pinnacle of hu- man ...
... culture that emerges as the case study proceeds is com- pelling and challenging . A picture of steady work , steady leisure , and adequate diet challenges our conceptions of Western industrialized culture as the pinnacle of hu- man ...
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... culture - as they are in most places in the world where tribal peoples have suffered the impact of Western culture , technol- ogy , economics , and power . In the Dobe area of Botswana , the Ju / ' hoansi are faring better ; change is ...
... culture - as they are in most places in the world where tribal peoples have suffered the impact of Western culture , technol- ogy , economics , and power . In the Dobe area of Botswana , the Ju / ' hoansi are faring better ; change is ...
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... CULTURE OF MEXICO , 2 / e HILL / COLONIAL CAKCHIQUELS : HIGHLAND MAYA ADAPTATIONS TO SPANISH RULE 1600-1700 KINTZ / LIFE UNDER THE TROPICAL CANOPY STEARMAN / YUQUÍ : FOREST NOMADS IN A CHANGING WORLD VOGT / THE ZINACANTECOS OF MEXICO ...
... CULTURE OF MEXICO , 2 / e HILL / COLONIAL CAKCHIQUELS : HIGHLAND MAYA ADAPTATIONS TO SPANISH RULE 1600-1700 KINTZ / LIFE UNDER THE TROPICAL CANOPY STEARMAN / YUQUÍ : FOREST NOMADS IN A CHANGING WORLD VOGT / THE ZINACANTECOS OF MEXICO ...
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