Nisa, the life and words of a!Kung woman
Marjorie Shostak
Nisa, the life and words of a!Kung woman /Marjorie Shostak - London : Earthscan Publications , 1990. - 402 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. - An Earthscan paperback .
Earliest Memories * Family Life * Life in the Bush * Discovering Sex * Trial Marriages * Marriage * Wives and Co-Wives * First Birth * Motherhood and Loss * Change * Women and Men * Taking Lovers * A Healing Ritual * Further Losses * Growing Older * Epilogue *
Married at twelve, then separated, divorced and widowed, Nisa is the mother of four children, none of whom survived. She is strong, capable of foraging on her own in one of the world's most hostile environments, not dependent on any man for her daily sustenance and ready to talk to anyone as her equal.
9781853830600
International Book Distributors ;Flat No.17,Prakash Apartments ,5 Ansari Road ,Daryaganj New Delhi-110002
Social Sciences
Culture & institutions
306.08996 SHO
Nisa, the life and words of a!Kung woman /Marjorie Shostak - London : Earthscan Publications , 1990. - 402 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. - An Earthscan paperback .
Earliest Memories * Family Life * Life in the Bush * Discovering Sex * Trial Marriages * Marriage * Wives and Co-Wives * First Birth * Motherhood and Loss * Change * Women and Men * Taking Lovers * A Healing Ritual * Further Losses * Growing Older * Epilogue *
Married at twelve, then separated, divorced and widowed, Nisa is the mother of four children, none of whom survived. She is strong, capable of foraging on her own in one of the world's most hostile environments, not dependent on any man for her daily sustenance and ready to talk to anyone as her equal.
9781853830600
International Book Distributors ;Flat No.17,Prakash Apartments ,5 Ansari Road ,Daryaganj New Delhi-110002
Social Sciences
Culture & institutions
306.08996 SHO
