Marjorie Shostak creator Marjorie Shostak. text Culture & institutions xxu London : Earthscan Publications , 1990 monographic eng

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402 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. 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. 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 * /Marjorie Shostak Social Sciences 306.08996 SHO 9781853830600 International Book Distributors ;Flat No.17,Prakash Apartments ,5 Ansari Road ,Daryaganj New Delhi-110002 180601 20180601124403.0