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Shostak, Marjorie What the Wind Won't Take Away: The Oral History of an African Foraging Woman 1987 Article Animals, Anthropology of Work, Women and Work African Culture, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Interviews, Oral History, Primary Sources, Social History, Social Science Research, Womens Studies
Citation Shostak, Marjorie 1987 Article International Journal of Oral History African Culture Ethnography Foreign Countries Interviews Oral History Primary Sources Social History Social Science Research Womens Studies Animals Anthropology of Work Women and Work

"What the Wind Won't Take Away: The Oral History of an African Foraging Woman"

by Shostak, Marjorie (1987)

Abstract

Describes the author's research with an African hunter-gatherer society and the collection of oral life histories of its members. Discusses five questions about the uses of personal narrative such as "Can personal narrative be used as ethnography?" Concludes that no better tool exists to describe the human condition than the personal narrative. (GEA)

Keywords

African Culture, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Interviews, Oral History, Primary Sources, Social History, Social Science Research, Womens Studies

Themes

Animals, Anthropology of Work, Women and Work

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