| Listen, Here Is a Story: Ethnographic Life Narratives from Aka and Ngandu Women of the Congo Basin Contributor(s): Hewlett, Bonnie L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0199764239 ISBN-13: 9780199764235 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $37.61 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 305.409 |
| LCCN: 2011051374 |
| Series: Issues of Globalization: Case Studies in Contemporary Anthropology (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.56" W x 8.23" (0.68 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Based on author Bonnie L. Hewlett's ten years of field experience in the Central African Republic, Listen, Here Is a Story: Ethnographic Life Narratives from Aka and Ngandu Women of the Congo Basin offers a fascinating glimpse into the lives of contemporary African women in their own words. Rendered here are the experiences of four women who Hewlett depicts in their homes, fields, and the forest. The women vividly recall memories, childhood games, dances, folk tales, songs, and drawings from throughout their lives and provide insights and anecdotes from their experiences as children, adolescents, mothers, wives, and providers. A vital contribution to literature on foraging and farming societies, Listen, Here Is a Story presents a new viewpoint on small-scale communities from a non-Western perspective. |