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 142
... herds of their Black neighbors . A goat herd is easier to manage , and several families have built kraals and as- sembled small herds consisting of their own goats and those of their relatives . These families put the children of the ...
... herds of their Black neighbors . A goat herd is easier to manage , and several families have built kraals and as- sembled small herds consisting of their own goats and those of their relatives . These families put the children of the ...
Page 143
... herd and their relatives who continue the foraging life . There are real contradictions between the organization and ideology of farming and the or- ganization and ideology of foraging . The most important of these is the contradic ...
... herd and their relatives who continue the foraging life . There are real contradictions between the organization and ideology of farming and the or- ganization and ideology of foraging . The most important of these is the contradic ...
Page 150
... herds of sufficient size to provide a substantial proportion of their diet . And six Ju families owned steel ploughs , a ... herd size , well above the minimum for herding self - sufficiency . / Xashe and I talked over old times as his ...
... herds of sufficient size to provide a substantial proportion of their diet . And six Ju families owned steel ploughs , a ... herd size , well above the minimum for herding self - sufficiency . / Xashe and I talked over old times as his ...
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