Nisa: The life and words of a !kung woman:response “Nisa: the life and words of a !kung woman” written by Marjorie Shostak is a book about a woman named nisa of the !kung people. It entails the stories of her struggles and the many horrific tragedies in her life and how it shapes who and how she is. The book Is basically an interview of a fifty year old nisa‚ it is written in her perspective of what it is like to live in such a society. She suffered quite a few devastating tragedies as aforementioned
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around the world including the !Kung. The !Kung population is located in the Kalahari Desert‚ in isolated parts of Botswana‚ Angola‚ and Namibia. The !Kung live in a harsh environment with temperatures during the winter frequently below freezing‚ but during the summer well above 100F. The !Kung‚ like most hunter-gatherer societies‚ have a division of labor based mainly on gender and age. (Body) Gender in the Division of Labor For the most part in the !Kung society the men do the hunting
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The book‚ “Nisa The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman‚” written by Marjorie Shostak is a culturally shocking and touching book about a woman who had gone through many struggles and horrific tragedies in her life. This book also highlights the perspective of most of the women in the society. There are many issues in this book that the people of the !Kung tribe goes through. Out of all the women in the tribe Shostak had made close connections with a fifty-year-old woman named Nisa. According to Shostak
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| !Kung Women | | | | “Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman‚” written by Marjorie Shostak; is a culturally shocking and extremely touching book about a woman who had gone through many struggles and horrific tragedies in her life. This book also emphasizes the perspective of most of the women in the society. There are many striking issues in this book that the people of the !Kung tribe go through. Marjorie Shostak‚ an anthropologist‚ has written this book and studied
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Module 7 Activity – Anthropological look at the films of John Marshall Tonight you will watch N!ai‚ the story of a !Kung Woman through the guise of a budding anthropologist. While viewing the film look for at least 3 ways in which you can understand the culture of the !Kung from an anthropological perspective. List these areas below and be prepared to discuss them following the film. Perspective 1- The first thing that I noticed is the material stage of this culture. These people are still
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of women in Kung society. Make sure you use both part (l) and part (2) of Friedl’s argument. (Do not worry that Friedl’s argument is simplistic; she is not trying to say that women’s role in subsistence is the ONLY factor that affects their position in society.) Friedl states that the position of women is higher the more they are involved in primary subsistence‚ and the public distribution of that subsistence. I think this classes Kung! Women pretty high up the social ladder. Kung! Women‚ help
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the shift of hunter/gatherer life styles to more sedentary life styles. The text Worlds of History by Kevin Reilly and the film N!ai‚ the Story of a !Kung Woman display many examples of said scenario. The shift from a hunter/gatherer style to a sedentary style in Africa helped some people flourish‚ made it difficult for others‚ and affected men and woman in several different ways. Most people
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laborers) and (2) the PUBLIC distribution of the product of subsistence. Use this argument to account for the position of women in !Kung society. Make sure you use both part (1) and part (2) of Friedl’s argument. The !Kung are hunter-gatherers of Southern Africa and the women play an essential role in the production of subsistence for their families. The woman actually contribute a greater proportion of the subsistence to their families directly than do the men who are the game hunters in the
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so because it is the work of an Indian woman‚ trying to create an identity for herself in a time when it not only seemed difficult‚ but improbable. Like I mentioned‚ it is not really an autobiography‚ but more like an account of her life growing up in Jodhpur‚ and also in Aligarh and Lucknow‚ where she studied. (There are references to her life in a couple of other small places also‚ where she stayed briefly.) There is though a mention of one event of her life after college‚ when she was summoned
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The !Kung people of Southern African is a community of modern click language speaker hunters and gathers. Known as the Yellow San‚ the !Kung are “short‚ pale-skinned‚ deep chested‚ with straight foreheads and small delicate faces and jaws (Lee‚ pg 11).” The !Kung are one of the very few remaining societies to still depend on foraging to collect food‚ but many have adopted faming and pastoral practices. Their egalitarian way of life has been increasingly close to extinction due to economic incentives
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