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Referencesessay 1996 • Kent, Susan
San • Africa > Southern Africa
This is the bibliography for the edited volume, 'Cultural Diversity Among Twentieth-Century Foragers' (see documents nos. 73, 81, and 87.)...Sharing in an egalitarion Kalahari communityarticle 1993 • Kent, Susan
San • Africa > Southern Africa
A strong egalitarianism permeates Basarwa society, according to Kent, which forms the basis of their sharing practices. This egalitarianism extends to gender relations as well. Kent examines the hunting and sharing practices of six Kutse hunters and ...Does sedentarization promote gender inequality?article 1995 • Kent, Susan
San • Africa > Southern Africa
In this paper, Kent examines the effect of sedentism on gender equality. She compares three different communities: Kutse, where she carried out her fieldwork, and communities studied by Draper in Ngamiland and Loerman in Ghanzi District. Both Draper ...And justice for allarticle 1989 • Kent, Susan
San • Africa > Southern Africa
This is a research report from the the American Anthropologist discussing how the need for conflict resolution has led to political centralization among newly sedentary foragers. No longer able 'to vote with one's feet' and move away when tensions ar...Hunting variability at a recent sedentary Kalahari villageessay 1996 • Kent, Susan
San • Africa > Southern Africa
In this article, Kent examines the influence of sharing on hunting behavior, skill, and success among six hunters in a recently settled band of foragers over a five-year period. Although now sedentary, hunting remains an important subsistence activit...Unstable households in a stable Kalahari community in Botswanaarticle 1995 • Kent, Susan
San • Africa > Southern Africa
In this article, Kent examines 'the dynamics behind community organization in small-scale societies undergoing the transition to sedentism' (page 298). A new government drilled borehole at Kutse provided year round drinking water. Kent states that it...Hogans, sacred circles and symbolsessay 1982 • Kent, Susan
Navajo • North America > Southwest and Basin
This study examines the relationship between sacred and non-sacred space in the hogan and the various ramifications of this relationship. The circular hogan is considered to be a sacred building, and one in which various religious ceremonies are perf...