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oapen-20.500.12657-901562024-05-14T08:53:17Z Once Upon a Time is Now Megan, Biesele Biography & Autobiography Social Scientists & Psychologists Social Science Ethnic Studies African Studies Social Science Anthropology Cultural & Social bic Book Industry Communication::B Biography & True Stories::BG Biography: general bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography Fifty years after her first fieldwork with Ju/'hoan San hunter-gatherers, anthropologist Megan Biesele has written this exceptional memoir based on personal journals she wrote at the time. The 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. She 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. 2024-05-10T05:34:13Z 2024-05-10T05:34:13Z 2023 book 9781800738799 9781800738812 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/90156 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International external_content.pdf Berghahn Books Berghahn Books 10.3167/9781800738799 10.3167/9781800738799 562fcfcf-0356-4c23-869a-acb39d8c84b5 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781800738799 9781800738812 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Berghahn Books Knowledge Unlatched open access
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Fifty years after her first fieldwork with Ju/'hoan San hunter-gatherers, anthropologist Megan Biesele has written this exceptional memoir based on personal journals she wrote at the time.
The 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.
She 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.
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