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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... woman with full lips spoke next . " Mi o // Koka , " said a very old and spry woman in a leather kaross that seemed too big for her . " Mi o // Gumin ! a , " said a tiny , dignified old woman with a twinkle in her eye . Finally a young ...
... woman with full lips spoke next . " Mi o // Koka , " said a very old and spry woman in a leather kaross that seemed too big for her . " Mi o // Gumin ! a , " said a tiny , dignified old woman with a twinkle in her eye . Finally a young ...
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... woman staggers and is held up by the other dancers . After a few minutes the woman collapses into a full ! kia . The women say that the ! Gwah medicine lies in the stomach and the kidneys . When they dance , it rises in two routes , up ...
... woman staggers and is held up by the other dancers . After a few minutes the woman collapses into a full ! kia . The women say that the ! Gwah medicine lies in the stomach and the kidneys . When they dance , it rises in two routes , up ...
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... woman put it , “ I married our masters . " Second , there was the question of translating between the norms of the two kinship systems . How the Herero rel- atives would accept the Ju woman was one concern , but equal in importance was ...
... woman put it , “ I married our masters . " Second , there was the question of translating between the norms of the two kinship systems . How the Herero rel- atives would accept the Ju woman was one concern , but equal in importance was ...
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