Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman

When I reread Nisa, as I have done regularly in teaching over the years, I experience its originality, poignancy, and excitement afresh each time. Few books that were so influential in changing the look and feel of ethnography for entire generations of anthropologists have held up so well. It is a classic, with currency and continuing possibility. --George Marcus, Professor of Anthropology, Rice University[A] scrupulous, sad, exciting book. (New York Times )We have a remarkable anthropologist to thank for an absorbing account. (New York Review of Books )Both Nisa and Shostak are unusual people, and their collaboration has resulted in an unparalleled account of !Kung life from a personal rather than social or ecological perspective. Even more important, their work results in a revelation of the universality of women's experiences and feelings despite vast differences in culture and society. Nisa helps us know what it means to be !Kung, to be a woman, and finally, to be human. (Choice )--This text refers to an alternate Paperbackedition.