Book
Women like meat: the folklore and foraging ideology of the Kalahari Ju/'hoan
Witwatersrand University Press ; Indiana University Press • Johannesburg, South Africa • Published In 1993 • Pages:
By: Biesele, Megan.
Abstract
This monograph consists of a series of tales collected orally from the Ju/'hoan people of western Botswana between the years 1970-1972. The tales are part of a collection made from several different groups of people showing varying degrees of influence from Tswana and Herero pastoralists from the west, as well as from white settlers. Most of the tales come from a group of Ju/'hoansi who were in substantial contact with economies other than hunting and gathering. This particular group lived a semi-sedentary life at a place called Kauri … twelve miles west of the Tswana settlement of Tsau, Northwest Africa (p. 20). The stories which form the major focus of this book explore the integrated collaborations between the sexes involving work and foodstuffs, marriage and procreation with an emphasis on the man/woman cognitive opposition in Ju/'hoan culture and its symbolic mediation in folklore.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2005
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Southern Africa
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Folklorist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 2003
- Field Date
- 1970-1972
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- Ju/'hoan people, Botswana and Namibia
- Notes
- Megan Biesele
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-219) and index
- LCCN
- 93012414
- LCSH
- San (African people)