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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Biesele, Megan, author.

Studies initiative, Berghahn Open Migration and Development, Author.

Contributor:

Knowledge Unlatched, Funder.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biesele, Megan.

San (African people)--Rites and ceremonies.

San (African people).

!Kung (African people)--Rites and ceremonies.

!Kung (African people).

San (African people)--Religion.

!Kung (African people)--Religion.

Ecstatic dance--Africa, Southern.

Ecstatic dance.

Anthropologists--United States--Biography.

Anthropologists.

Anthropolotists--Africa, Southern--Biography.

Anthropolotists.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 electronic resource (xviii, 228 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2023.

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

Megan Biesele has taught anthropology at several universities in Texas and in South Africa. In 2023, on its fiftieth anniversary, she steps down as Director of the Kalahari Peoples Fund. KPF, a US 501(c)(3) nonprofit she co-founded in 1973 with colleagues in the Harvard Kalahari Research Group, benefits and advocates for peoples of the Kalahari. Megan lives in Austin, Texas. Megan Biesele has taught anthropology at several universities in Texas and in South Africa. In 2023, on its fiftieth anniversary, she steps down as Director of the Kalahari Peoples Fund. KPF, a US 501(c)(3) nonprofit she co-founded in 1973 with colleagues in the Harvard Kalahari Research Group, benefits and advocates for peoples of the Kalahari. Megan lives in Austin, Texas.

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.""-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 The Rabies Run

Chapter 2 The Harvard Camp at Dobe

Chapter 3 At "Toothbrush Tree"

Chapter 4 You Had to Have Been There

Chapter 5 A Road Trip

Chapter 6 A Creative Community

Chapter 7 Ju/'hoansi, Their Neighbors, and I

Chapter 8 The Threads of the Sky

Chapter 9 Bright Night of the Soul

Chapter 10 Life in Death and Death in Life

Epilogue

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781805390664

180539066X

9781800738805

1800738803

OCLC:

1375999660