Nisa: The Life And Words Of A !Kung Woman
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Pages: Good
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In the vast Kalahari Desert of Botswana, a remarkable woman named Nisa spoke her truth — and in doing so, she gave the world an unprecedented window into the life of the !Kung San people. Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman chronicles the extraordinary oral autobiography of Nisa, a member of one of the last remaining hunter-gatherer societies on Earth, as recorded and interpreted by anthropologist Marjorie Shostak. Through Nisa's own vivid recollections — of childhood, love affairs, marriage, childbirth, loss, and survival — Shostak presents a portrait of a woman whose resilience, wit, and fierce emotional honesty transcend cultural boundaries and speak to the universal human experience. Shostak's meticulous fieldwork and compassionate narrative style transform what could have been a dry academic study into a profoundly moving work of ethnographic literature. The book argues powerfully that the inner lives of women in so-called primitive societies are no less complex or richly felt than those in the industrialised world, challenging Western assumptions about gender, community, and happiness. Winner of the American Book Award and lauded by the *New York Review of Books* as an absorbing account of the life of a woman of admirable strength and self-possession, this landmark work continues to resonate — leaving readers to wonder what else the ancient world's oldest way of life might still teach us.
Author: Marjorie Shostak
Format: Paperback
Genre: Anthropology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the vast Kalahari Desert of Botswana, a remarkable woman named Nisa spoke her truth — and in doing so, she gave the world an unprecedented window into the life of the !Kung San people. Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman chronicles the extraordinary oral autobiography of Nisa, a member of one of the last remaining hunter-gatherer societies on Earth, as recorded and interpreted by anthropologist Marjorie Shostak. Through Nisa's own vivid recollections — of childhood, love affairs, marriage, childbirth, loss, and survival — Shostak presents a portrait of a woman whose resilience, wit, and fierce emotional honesty transcend cultural boundaries and speak to the universal human experience. Shostak's meticulous fieldwork and compassionate narrative style transform what could have been a dry academic study into a profoundly moving work of ethnographic literature. The book argues powerfully that the inner lives of women in so-called primitive societies are no less complex or richly felt than those in the industrialised world, challenging Western assumptions about gender, community, and happiness. Winner of the American Book Award and lauded by the *New York Review of Books* as an absorbing account of the life of a woman of admirable strength and self-possession, this landmark work continues to resonate — leaving readers to wonder what else the ancient world's oldest way of life might still teach us.