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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... Swara and the Sarwa .. 132 Chapter 10 : Perceptions and Directions of Social Change . 135 Perceptions of the White Man ... 137 Transition to Farming and Herding 141 The Case of Debe and Bo ..... 143 Wage Work and Migrant Labor ...
... Swara and the Sarwa .. 132 Chapter 10 : Perceptions and Directions of Social Change . 135 Perceptions of the White Man ... 137 Transition to Farming and Herding 141 The Case of Debe and Bo ..... 143 Wage Work and Migrant Labor ...
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... swara , to apply to brothers- in - law created by intermarriage . This term and the behavior associated with it have proven so popular that the term is used informally as well for brothers - in - law among Blacks and Ju themselves . Swara ...
... swara , to apply to brothers- in - law created by intermarriage . This term and the behavior associated with it have proven so popular that the term is used informally as well for brothers - in - law among Blacks and Ju themselves . Swara ...
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... swara is a mystification hiding a basic inequality behind a show of equality and reciprocity . But the most fascinating aspect of the swara relationship has yet to be men- tioned : Where did the term come from ? It is not a Ju / ' hoan ...
... swara is a mystification hiding a basic inequality behind a show of equality and reciprocity . But the most fascinating aspect of the swara relationship has yet to be men- tioned : Where did the term come from ? It is not a Ju / ' hoan ...
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