TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shostak,Marjorie
TI  - Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman 
SN  - 9780674043596
AV  - DT797.N57 S53 2000eb
U1  - 968/.004/961 22
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Cambridge, MA : 
PB  - Harvard University Press, 
KW  - !Kung (African people)
KW  - Biography
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1 Earliest Memories --; 2 Family Life --; 3 Life in the Bush --; 4 Discovering Sex --; 5 Trial Marriages --; 6 Marriage --; 7 Wives and Co-Wives --; 8 First Birth --; 9 Motherhood and Loss --; 10 Change --; 11 Women and Men --; 12 Taking Lovers --; 13 A Healing Ritual --; 14 Further Losses --; 15 Growing Older --; Epilogue --; Notes --; Glossary --; Acknowledgments --; Index; restricted access
N2  - This book is the story of the life of Nisa, a member of the !Kung tribe of hunter-gatherers from southern Africa's Kalahari desert. Told in her own words--earthy, emotional, vivid--to Marjorie Shostak, a Harvard anthropologist who succeeded, with Nisa's collaboration, in breaking through the immense barriers of language and culture, the story is a fascinating view of a remarkable woman
UR  - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674043596
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674043596
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