Self-study
P1
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Topic and significance ·
Shostak's "Nisa," an ethnography (cultural study) built on three narratives
Challenges the typical approach to ethnography, which is general and anonymous. Inference: "Nisa" is specific and personal.
First narrative ·
Shostak's autobiography
Ethnographic account of living with the !Kung people
Second narrative ·
Nisa's story and woman's experience
Unclear who Nisa is, but given context, likely a !Kung woman whom Shostak chose to focus on
Third narrative ·
Cross-cultural
Somehow blurs the line between ethnographer (Shostak) and subject (Nisa). Unclear what this means yet, but likely means Shostak does not play the traditional researcher's role of the impartial, objective observer.
P2
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Western perspective ·
on the !Kung people
General Western attitude is to idealize !Kung society
Nisa's perspective ·
on realities of !Kung life
High mortality rates, childhood conflicts
P3
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Author's perspective ·
on broader significance of "Nisa"
Explores women's views about women, which is rare in ethnography
P4
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Explain third narrative strand ·
"Nisa" blends voices of Nisa and Shostak
Shostak gives narrative shape to Nisa's experiences, and so plays a part in Nisa's story
Passage Style
Single position
Spotlight
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a
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This is analogous to the way in which Shostak
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The idea of being “ghostwritten” has no analogy to Shostak’s approach. Shostak didn’t use someone else to write the book about Nisa.
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Shostak’s purpose in describing Nisa’s life was not to show how the Kung live. It was to
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This involves only the writer’s own personal stories. But Shostak interviewed someone else and wrote about the other person’s life.
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Shostak didn’t present stories based on the experiences of many different people. She wrote about Nisa’s life and included her own interactions with Nisa as part of the bok.