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 70
... parents ( and children ) and one's parents ' siblings fall into the avoidance category is indicative of the authority that parents exercise over their children . People in the avoidance relation may not marry , even if they are un ...
... parents ( and children ) and one's parents ' siblings fall into the avoidance category is indicative of the authority that parents exercise over their children . People in the avoidance relation may not marry , even if they are un ...
Page 79
... parents want him to . They wanted her to marry a Ju / ' hoan , but who would take her now that she was a mother of another man's child ? In 1964 the problem of " illegitimate " children was still relatively rare , since most girls were ...
... parents want him to . They wanted her to marry a Ju / ' hoan , but who would take her now that she was a mother of another man's child ? In 1964 the problem of " illegitimate " children was still relatively rare , since most girls were ...
Page 147
... parents had other objections . Especially at waterholes west and south of ! Kangwa , parents expressed concern that the school was located at the village where the heaviest drinking took place . They feared their children might be ...
... parents had other objections . Especially at waterholes west and south of ! Kangwa , parents expressed concern that the school was located at the village where the heaviest drinking took place . They feared their children might be ...
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