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Sharing, Talking, and Giving: Relief of Social Tensions among !Kung Bushmen
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Opening Paragraph: This paper describes customs, practised by the !Kung Bushmen in the Nyae Nyae region of South Africa, which help them to avoid situations that are likely to arouse ill will and hostility among individuals within the bands and between bands. Two customs which seem to be especially helpful and which I describe in detail are meat-sharing and gift-giving. I mention also the !Kung habits of talking, aspects of their good manners, their borrowing and lending, and their not stealing.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Marshall, L.
- Venue
- Africa
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 1961-07
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 231-249
- ISSN
- 0001-9720 (ISSN-L)
- 1750-0184
- OpenAlex
- W2323966922
- Cited by
- 172
- References
- 0
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- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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