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An argument about a marriage

Documents a conflict between two groups of Bushmen (!Kung) in the Kalahari Desert of southern Africa over the legitimacy of a marriage and a child born out of wedlock. Skillful mediation prevents violence

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Galvin, Frank
Corporate Authors: Brandeis University Center for Documentary Anthropology, Documentary Educational Resources (Firm), Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Other Authors: Gesteland, Robert, Marshall, John
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Watertown, MA Documentary Educational Resources (DER) 2009, 2009, 1969
Series:Ethnographic video online, volume 1
Subjects:
!kung (african People) / Social Life And Customs
Marriage
San (african People) / Social Life And Customs
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Collection: Ethnographic Video Online Vol. 1 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Description
Summary:Documents a conflict between two groups of Bushmen (!Kung) in the Kalahari Desert of southern Africa over the legitimacy of a marriage and a child born out of wedlock. Skillful mediation prevents violence
Item Description:"From the !Kung film studies of John Marshall.". - "Photographed on a 1957 expedition sponsored by the Peabody Museum of Harvard University and the Smithsonian Institution.". - Documentary. - Title from resource description page (viewed Apr. 2, 2013)
Physical Description:1 online resource (18 min.)

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