{"product_id":"once-upon-a-time-is-now-a-kalahari-memoir-9781800738799","title":"Once Upon a Time is Now: A Kalahari Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eFifty years after her first\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003efieldwork with Ju\/'hoan San hunter-gatherers, anthropologist Megan Biesele has written this exceptional memoir based on personal journals she wrote at the time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tShe 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tFrom the Preface:\u003cbr\u003e \tA few years ago I finally got around to looking back into the box of personal field journals I had not opened for over forty years. I found a treasure trove. It was an overwhelming experience. So much that I had forgotten came vividly alive: I laughed, wept, and was terrified all over again at my temerity in taking on what I had taken on. To do justice to the richness of these notebooks, I realized, I would have to do a completely different sort of writing from anything I had ever done before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is the finest of ethnographic memoirs. I know the Kalahari and its people, but Megan Biesele knows them much better. An African explorer’s life, a cross-cultural whirlwind, and an intellectual adventure all between two covers. A marvelous read.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Melvin Konner\u003c\/strong\u003e, Emory University.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This book is exceptional on two counts. Firstly, it is an engaging, highly readable and disarmingly honest guide to the realities behind a style of anthropological fieldwork that is increasingly impossible … Secondly, this book represents a sophisticated and deeply informed insight into Ju\/’hoan life.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Chris Low\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Oxford\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“A superbly written, masterfully crafted and well organized monograph on a central issue in anthropology: the trials and tribulations of ethnographic field work.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Mathias Guenther\u003c\/strong\u003e, Wilfrid Laurier University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Her book illustrates how language transforms experience, but also provides a very personal history of how immersion in another culture and its language transformed her.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Sarah Blaffer Hrdy\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of California, Davis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tPreface\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Rabies Run\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Harvard Camp at Dobe\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e At \"Toothbrush Tree\"\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e You Had to Have Been There\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e A Road Trip\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e A Creative Community\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Ju\/'hoansi, Their Neighbors, and I\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Threads of the Sky\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e Bright Night of the Soul\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e Life in Death and Death in Life\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tReferences\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042752627031,"sku":"9781800738799","price":96.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781800738799.jpg?v=1750955479","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/once-upon-a-time-is-now-a-kalahari-memoir-9781800738799","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}