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The Dobe Ju/'Hoansi (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology) (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.089961
EAN: 9780155063334
Edition: 3rd
ISBN: 0155063332
Label: Wadsworth Publishing
Manufacturer: Wadsworth Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 249
Publication Date: February 04, 2003
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Studio: Wadsworth Publishing
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Editorial Review:
This classic, bestselling study of the !Kung San, foragers of the Dobe area of the Kalahari Desert describes a people's reactions to the forces of modernization, detailing relatively recent changes to !Kung rituals, beliefs, social structure, marriage and kinship system. It documents their determination to take hold of their own destiny-despite exploitation of their habitat and relentless development-to assert their political rights and revitalize their communities. Use of the name Ju/'hoansi (meaning "real people") acknowledges their new sense of empowerment.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Wonderful
I read this book while taking an undergraduate sociocultural anthropology class. Several years later, it still stands out in my mind as a crisp, fair ethnography in a field full of opaque and often pejorative books.
Richard B. Lee's accomplishment here is to balance a scientific and human approach. Realizing how strongly a physical environment can impact a culture, Lee smartly and dispassionately details the basic facts of the Ju/'Hoansi's past and current situation - the geography and ... Read More
Rating:  - Very Insightful
This book contains a lot of data and figures on the Ju/hoansi and is very informative and well written. The changes of the people, as well as their neighbors, are well documented.
Rating: - A+++++ Very nice
Awesome job, I was in a bind because I needed this for my Anthropology class. And I lost my copy while on a family trip! OOPS! And Amazon had it to me just in time for me to finish and score full points on the exam!
Rating: - Makes you have a deep understanding for this group
I had to read the book for a cultural anthropology class and many of the passages are easy to read. I started the class thinking of tribes in Africa as "backwards" and at the end of the class I now think that tribes in Africa are another form of a group. The book gives a viewpoint of like you're there.
Rating: - You cannot expect anything better!
I haven't even read the entire book yet, but I can still tell how wonderful it is going to be when I have finished it. I'll probably want to read it again because it is so interesting. This study has opened up so many new understandings of unique ways of life that I cannot wait to buy more Case Studies just like this one! It's the perfect addition for anyone with a curiosity of how unique people exist in different parts of the world, specifically in South Africa. By far the most interesting and ... Read More
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