Shostak, Marjorie, 1945-1996
Contributed to
fx10Nisa, the life and words of a !Kung woman
Nisa, the life and words of a !Kung womanBook 1981
fx10Timing and management of birth among the !Kung
Timing and management of birth among the !Kungarticle 1987
fx10The creative individual in the world of the !Kung San
The creative individual in the world of the !Kung Sanessay 1993
- Summary
- Marjorie Shostak was an American anthropologist. Though she never received a formal degree in anthropology, she conducted extensive fieldwork among the !Kung San people of the Kalahari Desert in south-western Africa and was widely known for her descriptions of the lives of women in this hunter-gatherer society. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Female [1]VIAF[2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)[3]Bibliothèque nationale de France[4]Library of Congress[5]National Library of Korea[6]Wikidata
- Born
- 1945-05-11 [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)[6]Wikidata
- Birth Place
- New York, NY [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- United States [6]Wikidata
- Died
- 1996-10-06 [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)[6]Wikidata
- Death Place
- Atlanta, Ga. [3]Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Country
- United States [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- Language
- English [3]Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Occupation
- anthropologist [6]Wikidata
- Employer
- Emory University [6]Wikidata
- Educated at
- Brooklyn College [6]Wikidata
- Country of Education
- United States [6]Wikidata
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Biography [6]Wikidata
- Yale LUX
- Entity [6]Wikidata
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Library of Congress
- 5. National Library of Korea
- 6. Wikidata
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