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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... name you / Tontah after my tsu / Tontah who is dead , and , as I have named you , you shall call me mother ... relationship — the Ju / ' hoan custom of naming every- one after an older person according to a repertoire of personal names . I ...
... name you / Tontah after my tsu / Tontah who is dead , and , as I have named you , you shall call me mother ... relationship — the Ju / ' hoan custom of naming every- one after an older person according to a repertoire of personal names . I ...
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Richard B. Lee. The name relationship has an important bearing on marriage arrangements . A woman may not marry a man with her father's or brother's name , and a man may not marry a woman with his mother's or sister's name . Thus , for a ...
Richard B. Lee. The name relationship has an important bearing on marriage arrangements . A woman may not marry a man with her father's or brother's name , and a man may not marry a woman with his mother's or sister's name . Thus , for a ...
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... name , " Hwan // a , ” was the same as that of my " mother . " This put us into an ambiguous situation , in- timate ... relationship ? It is difficult to answer this question , but one line of evi- dence may be useful . I was both given a ...
... name , " Hwan // a , ” was the same as that of my " mother . " This put us into an ambiguous situation , in- timate ... relationship ? It is difficult to answer this question , but one line of evi- dence may be useful . I was both given a ...
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