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Marjorie Shostak

Born

in The United States

May 11, 1945

Died

October 06, 1996

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Marjorie Shostak (May 11, 1945 - October 6, 1996) was an American anthropologist. Though she never received a formal degree in anthropology, she conducted extensive fieldwork among the !Kung San people of the Kalahari desert in south-western Africa and was widely known for her descriptions of the lives of women in this hunter-gatherer society.

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Average rating: 3.88 · 2,815 ratings · 178 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman 3.90 avg rating — 2,692 ratings — published 1981 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Return to Nisa 3.64 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2000 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Paleolithic Prescription: A Program of Diet and Exercise and a Design for Living by Marjorie Shostak, Marjorie Shostak, Melvin Konner 3.52 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1988 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Interpreting Women's Lives: Feminist Theory and Personal Narratives by Personal Narratives Group (Editor), Mary Jo Maynes (Contributor), Julia Swindells (Contributor) 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1989 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stone-age Health Programme by S. Boyd Eaton, Marjorie Shostak, Melvin Konner 2.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1989	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nisa: The Life and Works of a !Kung Woman (SparkNotes Literature Guide) by SparkNotes, Marjorie Shostak 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1981 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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