Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman
by Shostak, Marjorie
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- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine Condition
- ISBN 10
- 1853830607
- ISBN 13
- 9781853830600
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About This Item
Earthscan Publications, London, 1996. First Edition. Softcover. Fine Condition. Third impression of the First Edition. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 402 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. In fine unread condition. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. 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. Wise, full of humour at the absurdities of life and courageous in the face of its defeats, she is bawdy, practical and incurably romantic. She is a woman of the !Khung people who live by means of humanity's oldest survival strategy - gathering and hunting. This book is the remarkable story of Nisa's life, told in her own words to Marjorie Shostak. It is a story full of echoes from a female past that we can never know directly. But it is also Nisa's unique story, her own voice, her own dignity. In anyone's culture, she is a remarkable woman. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Botswana; 20th century; ISBN: 1853830607. ISBN/EAN: 9781853830600. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10268. . 9781853830600
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- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10268
- Title
- Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman
- Author
- Shostak, Marjorie
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1853830607
- ISBN 13
- 9781853830600
- Publisher
- Earthscan Publications
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- BZDB137 kalahari desert, hunter gatherer, botswana, !kung, nisa, biography, Biography & Autobiography; Botswana; 20th century; Unbranded ISBN: 1853830607 EAN: 9781853830600 Shostak, Marjorie Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman
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