The Dobe Ju/'hoansiThis 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. |
Contents
The Juhoansi | 1 |
The People of the Dobe Area | 9 |
A History of Contact | 18 |
Copyright | |
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animal anthropology arrows asked Basarwa behavior Blacks borehole Botswana brother bush Bushmen called camp caregiving cattle changes Chapter Chu!ko culture Debe Dobe area Dobe Ju/'hoansi elders fight film foraging Gaborone gangwasi Gausha girls Gobabis Gobas Goshe headman healers herd Herero hunter hunter-gatherers hunting and gathering husband huts Hwan//a hxaro iron Iron Age joking Ju/'hoan Ju/'hoansi Kalahari Kalahari Desert Kangwa kaross Kasupe kill kin terms kinship Kumsa kun!a Kung San land living Marjorie Shostak marriage married Marshall Mbukushu meat Megan Biesele mongongo mother N!eishi n!ore n/um N#isa Namibia neighbors Nyae Nyae Nyae Nyae area older parents percent person relatives season sexual siblings sister social society South Africa spear species spouses steenbok subsistence SWAPO swara Ti!kay Tjum!kui Toma Tontah trance Tswana village waterhole Wiessner wife Wilmsen Windhoek woman women Xashe Yellen young