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  • Marjorie Shostak
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Nisa
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© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction 1
  4. 1 Earliest Memories 41
  5. 2 Family Life 59
  6. 3 Life in the Bush 73
  7. 4 Discovering Sex 95
  8. 5 Trial Marriages 115
  9. 6 Marriage 133
  10. 7 Wives and Co-Wives 151
  11. 8 First Birth 159
  12. 9 Motherhood and Loss 181
  13. 10 Change 193
  14. 11 Women and Men 213
  15. 12 Taking Lovers 237
  16. 13 A Healing Ritual 259
  17. 14 Further Losses 273
  18. 15 Growing Older 287
  19. Epilogue 309
  20. Notes 333
  21. Glossary 345
  22. Acknowledgments 353
  23. Index 357
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674043596-003

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction 1
  4. 1 Earliest Memories 41
  5. 2 Family Life 59
  6. 3 Life in the Bush 73
  7. 4 Discovering Sex 95
  8. 5 Trial Marriages 115
  9. 6 Marriage 133
  10. 7 Wives and Co-Wives 151
  11. 8 First Birth 159
  12. 9 Motherhood and Loss 181
  13. 10 Change 193
  14. 11 Women and Men 213
  15. 12 Taking Lovers 237
  16. 13 A Healing Ritual 259
  17. 14 Further Losses 273
  18. 15 Growing Older 287
  19. Epilogue 309
  20. Notes 333
  21. Glossary 345
  22. Acknowledgments 353
  23. Index 357
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