dc.contributor.advisor |
Barnard Alan |
en_US |
dc.contributor.author |
Suzman James |
en_US |
dc.date.accessioned |
2013-07-02T14:10:22Z |
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dc.date.available |
2013-07-02T14:10:22Z |
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dc.date.issued |
1997 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/11070.1/4270
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dc.description |
Includes bibliographical references |
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dc.description.abstract |
Abstract provided by author: |
en_US |
dc.description.abstract |
In this thesis, which is the result of eighteen months fieldwork on the white- owned commercial farms and former "native reserves" of the Omaheke, the author examines the processes involved in the construction and articulation of contemporary Ju/'hoan identity. In doing this the author argues that Ju/'hoan identity is constituted, not in terms of cultural institutions left over from their hunting and gathering past, but in terms of their marginalisation and domination by others |
en_US |
dc.description.abstract |
In addressing the issue of identity in a "plural" environment, the author takes an approach which focuses on the production of identity in terms of the relations between Ju/'hoansi in the Omaheke and their various neighbours. Consequently, the author examines how other residents of the Omaheke constructed Ju/'hoansi in discourse and how these constructions influenced and transformed the narratives through which Ju/'hoansi constructed themselves. In doing this the author addresses these questions from a variety of angles including, history, politics, religion, kinship and folklore |
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dc.description.abstract |
In concluding, the author highlights the degree to which Ju/'hoan identity is implicated in their relations with others and suggests that in studying formerly hunting-and-gathering societies experiencing radical change, it is necessary to move beyond the theoretical frameworks and models generated for the study of them as hunter-gatherers |
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dc.format.extent |
224 p |
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dc.language.iso |
eng |
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dc.subject |
San |
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dc.subject |
Ju/'hoansi |
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dc.subject |
Omaheke |
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dc.title |
Things from the bush |
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dc.type |
thesis |
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dc.description.degree |
Edinburgh |
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dc.description.degree |
United Kingdom |
en_US |
dc.description.degree |
University of Edinburgh |
en_US |
dc.description.degree |
Ph D |
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dc.masterFileNumber |
2596 |
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