Nisa, the life and words of a !Kung woman
This classic paperback is available once again--and exclusively--from Harvard University Press. 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
eBook, English, 2000
First Harvard University Press paperback edition View all formats and editions
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2000
collective biographies
1 online resource (365 pages) : illustrations
9780674043596, 0674043596
438187521
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