Nisa

The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman

Marjorie Shostak

    Introduction

    1. Earliest Memories

    2. Family Life

    3. Life in the Bush

    4. Discovering Sex

    5. Trial Marriages

    6. Marriage

    7. Wives and Co-Wives

    8. First Birth

    9. Motherhood and Loss

    10. Change

    11. Women and Men

    12. Taking Lovers

    13. A Healing Ritual

    14. Further Losses

    15. Growing Older

    Epilogue

    Notes

    Glossary

    Acknowledgments

    Index

  • Cover: Nisa
  • A photo of the author

Marjorie Shostak was a Research Associate in the Department of Anthropology at Emory University and an award-winning photographer.