Living on Mangetti - 'Bushman'' Autonomy and Namibian Independence

Zusatztext Living on Mangetti is an ethnographic monograph that subtly escapes the alleged pitfalls of general ethnographic description without giving in on analytical generalizations ... it demonstrates very clearly that anthropological monographs have something to offer which history, political economy, or social geography cannot provide. Klappentext This book is an anthropological case study of the little-known "Bushman" of Northern Namibia. They are still a gathering people, not only living on mangetti (nuts) and other wild foods but also on the by-products of the cattle industry on the mangetti farms. Through direct interaction during long-term field research, this book vividly conveys the conditions in which the "Bushman" actually live today. Zusammenfassung Living on Mangetti is an anthropological case study of the little-known Hai||om 'Bushmen' of Northern Namibia. The book is a result of direct interaction during long-term field research and vividly conveys how and under what conditions the 'Bushmen' actually live today. Inhaltsverzeichnis om 'Bushmen' of Northern Namibia. The book is a result of direct interaction during long-term field research and vividly conveys how and under what conditions the 'Bushmen' actually live today.

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• Authors: Thomas Widlok, Thomas (Research Associate Widlok, Widlok Thomas
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2000
• EAN: 9780198233893
• ISBN: 978-0-19-823389-3
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Oxford Studies in Social and C; Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology; Oxford Studies in Social and C
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Namibia, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, Rural communities, Indigenous Peoples, Relating to indigenous peoples, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies, Rural communities / rural life