{"product_id":"once-upon-a-time-is-now-a-kalahari-memoir-paperback","title":"Once Upon a Time Is Now: A Kalahari Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMegan Biesele\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eFifty years after her first\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003efieldwork with Ju\/'hoan San hunter-gatherers, anthropologist Megan Biesele has written this exceptional memoir based on personal journals she wrote at the time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The treasure trove of vivid learning experiences and nightly ponderings she found has led to a memoir of rare value to anthropology students and academics as well as to general readers. Her experiences focus on the long-lived healing dance, known to many as the trance dance, and the intricate beliefs, artistry, and social system that support it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e She describes her immersion in a creative community enlivened and kept healthy by that dance, which she calls \"one of the great intellectual achievements of humankind.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e From the Preface: \u003cbr\u003e A few years ago I finally got around to looking back into the box of personal field journals I had not opened for over forty years. I found a treasure trove. It was an overwhelming experience. So much that I had forgotten came vividly alive: I laughed, wept, and was terrified all over again at my temerity in taking on what I had taken on. To do justice to the richness of these notebooks, I realized, I would have to do a completely different sort of writing from anything I had ever done before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMegan Biesele\u003c\/strong\u003e has taught anthropology at several universities in Texas and in South Africa. In 2023, on its fiftieth anniversary, she steps down as Director of the Kalahari Peoples Fund. KPF, a US 501(c)(3) nonprofit she co-founded in 1973 with colleagues in the Harvard Kalahari Research Group, benefits and advocates for peoples of the Kalahari. Megan lives in Austin, Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 286\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 14, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47490630910130,"sku":"9781800738812","price":34.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/d400afea81a6f189072c87d968180d77_c560e784-267c-4ee5-9293-cb2c5c602f7a.webp?v=1779378302","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/once-upon-a-time-is-now-a-kalahari-memoir-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}