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The San/Bushmen are one of the most studied people in anthropology,
subjects of research going back one hundred years, of
documentaries, and even of popular movies (The Gods Must Be Crazy).
This intriguing new work on the San is a team-based ethnography,
collaborative (one of the writers is married to a member of the
community), reflexive (the authors become characters in the book
themselves), and literary (with poetry, dialogue, interviews,
photography, and first person accounts, as well as traditional
ethnographic description). In this book, South Africans are
studying other South Africans, in a new environment in which many
San are no longer hunter gatherers, but are activist and engaged in
cultural tourism. It will be an exciting counterpoint to
traditional ethnographies and stories about the San people, for
anthropologists and Africanists.
The San/Bushmen are one of the most studied people in anthropology,
subjects of research going back one hundred years, of
documentaries, and even of popular movies (The Gods Must Be Crazy).
This intriguing new work on the San is a team-based ethnography,
collaborative (one of the writers is married to a member of the
community), reflexive (the authors become characters in the book
themselves), and literary (with poetry, dialogue, interviews,
photography, and first person accounts, as well as traditional
ethnographic description). In this book, South Africans are
studying other South Africans, in a new environment in which many
San are no longer hunter gatherers, but are activist and engaged in
cultural tourism. It will be an exciting counterpoint to
traditional ethnographies and stories about the San people, for
anthropologists and Africanists.
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