Once upon a time is now: a Kalahari memoir
"Fifty years after her first fieldwork with Ju/'hoan San hunter-gatherers, anthropologist Megan Biesele has written this exceptional memoir based on personal journals she wrote at the time. The treasure trove of vivid learning experiences and nightly ponderings she found has led to a memoi...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
New York Oxford
Berghahn
2023
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Further subjects: | B
Ecstatic dance (Africa, Southern)
B Anthropologists (United States) Biography B San (African people) Religion B Biesele, Megan B Anthropologists (Africa, Southern) Biography B !Kung (African people) Rites and ceremonies B !Kung (African people) Religion B San (African people) Rites and ceremonies |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Open access) |
| Summary: | "Fifty years after her first fieldwork with Ju/'hoan San hunter-gatherers, anthropologist Megan Biesele has written this exceptional memoir based on personal journals she wrote at the time. The treasure trove of vivid learning experiences and nightly ponderings she found has led to a memoir of rare value to anthropology students and academics as well as to general readers. Her experiences focus on the long-lived healing dance, known to many as the trance dance, and the intricate beliefs, artistry, and social system that support it. She describes her immersion in a creative community enlivened and kept healthy by that dance, which she calls "one of the great intellectual achievements of humankind.""-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 180539066X |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3167/9781800738799 |