Ethnicity, Hunter-Gatherers, And The Other
As the world continues to shrink owing to globalization, the need to understand the diversity of culturally distinct societies and their interactions with neighboring groups becomes greater than ever. Susan Kent has invited an international team of experts to present their insights into how one type of society, African hunter-gatherers, has managed to survive long past the first contact between foragers, farmers, and pastoralists.\ The contributors explore many issues, including culture...
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As the world continues to shrink owing to globalization, the need to understand the diversity of culturally distinct societies and their interactions with neighboring groups becomes greater than ever. Susan Kent has invited an international team of experts to present their insights into how one type of society, African hunter-gatherers, has managed to survive long past the first contact between foragers, farmers, and pastoralists.
List of IllustrationsList of TablesAcknowledgments1Interethnic Encounters of the First Kind: An Introduction12Encapsulated Bushmen in the Archaeology of Thamaga283Autonomy or Serfdom? Relations between Prehistoric Neighboring Hunter-Gatherers and Farmer/Pastoralists in Southern Africa484Optimistic Realism or Opportunistic Subordination? The Interaction of the G/wi and G//ana with Outsiders935Independence, Resistance, Accommodation, Persistence: Hunter-Gatherers and Agropastoralists in the Ghanzi Veld, Early 1800s to Mid-1900s1276Dangerous Interactions: The Repercussions of Western Culture, Missionaries, and Disease in Southern Africa1507Solitude or Servitude? Ju/hoansi Images of the Colonial Encounter1848Cultural Contact in Africa, Past and Present: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on the Status of African Foragers2069The Complexities of Association and Assimilation: An Ethnographic Overview23010Why the Hadza Are Still Hunter-Gatherers24711Putting Hunter-Gatherer and Farmer Relations in Perspective: A Commentary from Central Africa276References Cited307Contributors349Index353
