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Once upon a time is now : a Kalahari memoir

Title

Once upon a time is now : a Kalahari memoir / Megan Biesele.

Author

Biesele, Megan

Publication

New York : Berghahn Books, 2023.
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Description

xviii, 228 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

"Fifty years after her first fieldwork with Ju/'hoan San hunter-gatherers, anthropologist Megan Biesele has written this exceptional memoir based on personal journals she wrote at the time. The treasure trove of vivid learning experiences and nightly ponderings she found has led to a memoir of rare value to anthropology students and academics as well as to general readers. Her experiences focus on the long-lived healing dance, known to many as the trance dance, and the intricate beliefs, artistry, and social system that support it. She describes her immersion in a creative community enlivened and kept healthy by that dance, which she calls "one of the great intellectual achievements of humankind.""--

Subject

Genre/Form

Biographies.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

Sc E 23-1072

ISBN

9781800738799
180073879X
9781800738812
1800738811
9781805390664 (canceled/invalid)
9781800738805 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2023007750

OCLC

1342103808

Author

Biesele, Megan, author.

Title

Once upon a time is now : a Kalahari memoir / Megan Biesele.

Publisher

New York : Berghahn Books, 2023.

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

Sc E 23-1072

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