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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... springhare , and scrub hare . The pan- golin ( scaly anteater ) is less common but is also eaten . Completing the list of mammals are one shrew , two species of squirrel , three species of bat , and 14 species of mouse and gerbil . None ...
... springhare , and scrub hare . The pan- golin ( scaly anteater ) is less common but is also eaten . Completing the list of mammals are one shrew , two species of squirrel , three species of bat , and 14 species of mouse and gerbil . None ...
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... springhare hook , and rope snares ( see Figure 4-3 ) . The minor tools include the digging stick and fire - making equipment . In addition , the knife , ropes , and carrying yoke are used in butchery and in carrying the meat back to ...
... springhare hook , and rope snares ( see Figure 4-3 ) . The minor tools include the digging stick and fire - making equipment . In addition , the knife , ropes , and carrying yoke are used in butchery and in carrying the meat back to ...
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... springhare sleeps in narrow burrows during the day . Ju hunters have developed a special tool , a 13 - foot - long pole with an iron hook at the end , for probing springhare burrows and impaling the animals underground . The burrow is ...
... springhare sleeps in narrow burrows during the day . Ju hunters have developed a special tool , a 13 - foot - long pole with an iron hook at the end , for probing springhare burrows and impaling the animals underground . The burrow is ...
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