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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... headman . Lorna Marshall ( 1963 : 344ff ) originally argued that own- ership of each waterhole resided in the person of a band headman , who was always male and who in- herited his position patrilineally . My research indicated that no ...
... headman . Lorna Marshall ( 1963 : 344ff ) originally argued that own- ership of each waterhole resided in the person of a band headman , who was always male and who in- herited his position patrilineally . My research indicated that no ...
Page 102
... headman at ! Kangwa in 1948 , Ju have preferred to bring serious conflicts to him for adjudication rather than allow ... headman's ap- pointment , and in Nyae Nyae one offender was killed after he had been jailed by the South African ...
... headman at ! Kangwa in 1948 , Ju have preferred to bring serious conflicts to him for adjudication rather than allow ... headman's ap- pointment , and in Nyae Nyae one offender was killed after he had been jailed by the South African ...
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... headman's court , but #Toma disclaimed all responsibility , saying that he would never do such a thing ; it was entirely the fault of the beer . The headman was not persuaded by this argument and fined him a goat for the outrage ...
... headman's court , but #Toma disclaimed all responsibility , saying that he would never do such a thing ; it was entirely the fault of the beer . The headman was not persuaded by this argument and fined him a goat for the outrage ...
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