The Dobe Ju/'Hoansi (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology) |  | Author: Richard B. Lee
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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Edition: 3rd
Pages: 249
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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 destinydespite exploitation of their habitat and relentless developmentto assert their political rights and revitalize their communities. Use of the name Ju/'hoansi (meaning "real people") acknowledges their new sense of empowerment.
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 very interesting September 30, 2008
J. K. Jones (Bozeman, MT USA)
This book is very interesting. It is one of those books that I buy for school and end up really getting into and reading even when I don't have to. I highly suggest this book for anyone into anthropology, learning about other cultures, or just wanting to read some interesting out-of-the-box non-fiction.
Fascinating subject, fascinating read February 16, 2009
L. Paul (Boise, ID United States)
I purchased this book for a cultural anthropology class. For me it has been riveting reading. I recommend reading all three forwards that went with each new edition of the book. The book is well organized, researched, cited, and contains many fine black & white field photos and drawings.
An Anthropological Staple June 7, 2009
J. L. Wetzl (Stuart, Florida, USA)
In "The Dobe Ju/'Hoansi", anthropologist Richard Lee has created an anthropological classic case study. Writing directly about the people of the Kalahari region, he gives us isights into the changing lifestyles of the peoples who have survived there for eons. Peppered with a little self-effacing humor, it is highly informative, yet very readable for high school students, and has become a staple of my International Baccalaureate Social and Cultural Anthropology Course curriculum. Students enjoy the very human side of both the Ju/'Hoansi people and Richard Lee himself.
The Dobe Ju/'Hoansi (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology)
Dobe Ju/'hoansi April 9, 2010
Patricia Gumbs
The book Dobe Ju/'hoansi by Richard Lee is a very interesting and enlightening read. It captures the lives and spirits of the !Kung, a hunter-gatherer society in Southern Africa. Interested in contemporary hunting and gathering peoples, Lee entered the lives of the Dobe Ju'hoansi in 1963 knowing little of the culture and even less of the language. Over the span of just a few short years, Lee studied, recorded, and analyzed the characteristics of this particular group of people. He set out to learn just how the !Kung lived, organized their society, settled conflict, and interacted- and what he discovered shattered the stereotypes held of modern day foragers. To foreigners attempting to make sense of the lifestyles of the Dobe Ju/'hoansi, the !Kung may be considered "primitive" or "savage." In reality, however, these hunter-gatherers are anything but. Although they may lack technologies that most would consider fundamental to "civilization," the Dobe Ju/'hoansi are a people that live remarkably peacefully, contently, and successfully.
In a hurry! May 18, 2010
B. Gomez (Syracuse, NY)
The book arrived exactly when they said it would. It only took a few days! It was almost like new so I do feel like I got a good bargain. Thanks very much!
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