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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... kinship picture in three phases . We start with the kinship terminology as we usually think of it , a genealogical diagram with ego at the center and the terms she or he applies to all kin . We'll call this the normal kinship , or Kinship ...
... kinship picture in three phases . We start with the kinship terminology as we usually think of it , a genealogical diagram with ego at the center and the terms she or he applies to all kin . We'll call this the normal kinship , or Kinship ...
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... terms of Kinship I or Kinship II ! Each older Ju / ' hoan could rattle off terms for all his or her kin with- out hesitation , but when I asked why they used a particular term the answer made little sense to me . I resolved that there ...
... terms of Kinship I or Kinship II ! Each older Ju / ' hoan could rattle off terms for all his or her kin with- out hesitation , but when I asked why they used a particular term the answer made little sense to me . I resolved that there ...
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... kinship terms.9 Take the simple fact of growing older . Since elders determine the kin term juniors apply to them when you are young , everyone is older than you , and you play an es- sentially passive role in the game of kinship . For ...
... kinship terms.9 Take the simple fact of growing older . Since elders determine the kin term juniors apply to them when you are young , everyone is older than you , and you play an es- sentially passive role in the game of kinship . For ...
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