Book

Women like meat: the folklore and foraging ideology of the Kalahari Ju/'hoan

Witwatersrand University Press ; Indiana University PressJohannesburg, 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.
Subjects
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Sociocultural trends
Verbal arts
Gender status
Sacred objects and places
Revelation and divination
Ethnometeorology
Ethnozoology
Puberty and initiation
Texts translated into english
culture
San
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)