Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman by Marjorie Shostak

Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman



Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman



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If you are interested in !Kung, San, or other Bushmen peoples, you should definitely read this book. It is a highly informative account of the !Kung way of life. On the other hand, if you are looking for a great story, stick to Harry Potter. Nisa's commentary usually goes like this: "We lived and lived until I did this and then I did that again and the result was bad again." This is simply a characteristic of the !Kung oral tradition, but it will not appeal to many Western readers. I'm not just saying this because I think the !Kung language is inadaquate; in fact, story telling is probably very entertaining to the !Kung themselves. Something is lost in the translation.One reviewer mentioned that the !Kung are a primitive culture. I have to whole-heartedly disagree with that statement. The Kung have a highly developed culture. Their food production method is "primitive", meaning that it has largely been replaced by agriculture/domestication/industry in most cultures.One of the points that turned me off was that Shostak's study is partly an attempt to justify, or at least explain, the Feminist movement (she admits it). Here she is mistaken. The !Kung do not represent a historical ideal. The !Kung are NOT what "we once were." Granted, they share a common FOOD PRODUCTION method as my ancestors, but that does not necessarily mean that they lived like my hunting and gathering ancestors.In the end, this book is unsatisfying because Shostak cannot confide in Nisa. She says that, at the end of her stay, she could still not trust Nisa. Gift giving attempts were not reciprocated and she questioned the truth of Nisa's accounts. Some might find this interesting, but it left me feeling like I had been cheated in some way.

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