Anthropology and the bushman

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Anthropology and the Bushman
Barnard, Alan
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Anthropology and the Bushman
Alan Barnard
Oxford • New York
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First published in 2007 by
Berg
Editorial offices:
1st Floor, Angel Court, 81 St Clements Street, Oxford, OX4 1AW, UK
175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010, USA
© Alan Barnard 2007
All rights reserved.
No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form
or by any means without the written permission of Berg.
Berg is the imprint of Oxford International Publishers Ltd.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Barnard, Alan (Alan J.)
Anthropology and the bushman / Alan Barnard.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-1-84520-428-0 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 1-84520-428-X (cloth)
ISBN-13: 978-1-84520-429-7 (pbk.)
ISBN-10: 1-84520-429-8 (pbk.)
1. San (African people)—Kalahari Desert—Social life and
customs. 2. Ethnology—Kalahari Desert—Field work. 3.
Anthropology in popular culture—Kalahari Desert. 4. Kalahari
Desert—Social life and customs. I. Title.
DT1058.S36B35 2007
305.896’1—dc22 2006101698
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN 978 1 84520 428 0 (Cloth)
ISBN 978 1 84520 429 7 (Paper)
Typeset by Avocet Typeset, Chilton, Aylesbury, Bucks
Printed in the United Kingdom by Biddles Ltd, King’s Lynn
www.bergpublishers.com
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Contents
List of Figures and Tables vii
Preface ix
1 Introduction 1
2 From Early Encounters to Early Anthropology 11
3 Victorian Visions of the Bushman 23
4 Beckoning of the Kalahari 39
5 Amateurs and Cultural Ecologists 53
6 An Original Affluent Society? 67
7 The Return of Myth and Symbol 83
8 Kalahari Revisionism and Portrayals of Contact 97
9 Advocacy,Development and Partnership 113
10 Representations and Self-representations 129
11 Reflections and Conclusions 143
References 149
Index 171
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Figures and Tables
Figures
1.1 Migration routes of the Khoe-speaking peoples 7
Tables
1.1 Click sounds in the two most common systems 9
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