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Author Biesele, Megan, author.

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

Publication Info. New York : Berghahn Books, 2023.
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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Subject Biesele, Megan.
San (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies.
!Kung (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies.
San (African people) -- Religion.
!Kung (African people) -- Religion.
Ecstatic dance -- Africa, Southern.
Anthropologists -- United States -- Biography.
Anthropolotists -- Africa, Southern -- Biography.
San (Peuple d'Afrique) -- Rites et cérémonies.
San (Peuple d'Afrique) -- Religion.
Danse extatique -- Afrique australe.
Anthropologues -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Scientists & Psychologists
Anthropologists
Ecstatic dance
San (African people) -- Religion
San (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies
Southern Africa
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
Other Form: Print version: Biesele, Megan. Once upon a time is now New York : Berghahn Books, 2023 9781800738799 (DLC) 2023007750
ISBN 9781805390664 (ebook)
180539066X
9781800738805
1800738803
9781800738799 (hardback)
9781800738812 (paperback)
Standard No. UKMGB 021055505
AU@ 000073886298

 
    
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