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." From the Preface: A few years ago I finally got around
to looking back into the box of personal field journals I had not
opened for over forty years. I found a treasure trove. It was an
overwhelming experience. So much that I had forgotten came vividly
alive: I laughed, wept, and was terrified all over again at my
temerity in taking on what I had taken on. To do justice to the
richness of these notebooks, I realized, I would have to do a
completely different sort of writing from anything I had ever done
before.
General
| Imprint: |
Berghahn Books
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
July 2023 |
| Authors: |
Megan Biesele
|
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
286 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-80073-881-2 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
1-80073-881-1 |
| Barcode: |
9781800738812 |
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