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Listen, here is a story

ethnographic life narratives from Aka and Ngandu women of the Congo Basin

Translation

Area Studies

Anthropology

Hewlett, Bonnie L., Translated by Shiho Hattori, Takanori Oishi, Mikako Toda

園田浩司(Center for African Area Studies / Author of Chapter/Section), 四方篝(Center for African Area Studies / Author of Chapter/Section), 高田明(Center for African Area Studies / Annotator)

Koji Sonoda (Center for African Area Studies , Author of Chapter/Section), Kagari Shikata (Center for African Area Studies , Author of Chapter/Section), Akira Takada (Center for African Area Studies , Annotator)

Year-Month: 2020.03
Publisher: Shumpusha Publishing
ISBN: 9784861106828
Price: 3,100
Pages: 420
Language: Japanese

Outline

「ねえ、聞いて」――ある暑い午後、アメリカから来た人類学者の部屋を訪れた女性たち。少女時代、結婚、出産と子育て、喪失、そして老い――中央アフリカ共和国で隣り合って暮らす農耕民ンガンドゥと狩猟採集民アカの女性たちが人類学者に語る、「女になること」の意味。
女性たちの語りと文化・進化・発達の理論から、人間の多様性と普遍的特性が見えてくる。

Listen, here is a story : ethnographic life narratives from Aka and Ngandu women of the Congo Basin