The Dobe Ju/'hoansiThis 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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User Review - Kassilem - LibraryThingI read the previous edition earlier this year when I took a cultural anthropology class. This semester I am tutoring the class so I read this edition to keep up to date on the material. Since I'd seen ... Read full review
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User Review - Kassilem - LibraryThingThis book was interesting. It's the first ethnographic case study book I've read so I wasn't sure what to expect. It reads like most any other textbook with Lee's commentary on his time staying with ... Read full review
Contents
The Juhoansi | 1 |
The People of the Dobe Area | 9 |
Environment and Settlement | 23 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Dobe Ju/'hoansi Case studies in cultural anthropology |
| Author | Richard B. Lee |
| Edition | 2, illustrated |
| Publisher | Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1993 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 8 Jan 2010 |
| Length | 207 pages |
| Subjects | › › Kung (African people) San (African people) Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural Social Science / Anthropology / General |
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