| The Bushman Myth: The Making Of A Namibian Underclass Contributor(s): Gordon, Robert (Author), Sholto-Douglas, Stuart (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813335817 ISBN-13: 9780813335810 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $61.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2000 Annotation: The revised, updated version of this book includes an analysis of the sweeping political changes in South Africa since its original publcation in 1992. Other new material covers more theoretical issues and contemporary developments in scholarship, including a reconsideration of the film "The Gods Must Be Crazy"; a discussion of "exposi ethnography" and its attendant political/moral positioning; and an examination of the political situation in Namibia, with a close study of the near collapse of the Nyae Nyae Development Foundation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - African - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - History | Africa - General |
| Dewey: 306.096 |
| LCCN: 99049180 |
| Lexile Measure: 1380 |
| Series: Conflict and Social Change Series |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 9" (1.2 lbs) 362 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The revised, updated version of this book includes an analysis of the sweeping political changes in South Africa since its original publcation in 1992. Other new material covers more theoretical issues and contemporary developments in scholarship, including a reconsideration of the film ?The Gods Must Be Crazy?; a discussion of ?expos thnography? and its attendant political/moral positioning; and an examination of the political situation in Namibia, with a close study of the near collapse of the Nyae Nyae Development Foundation. |