Groundbreaking and sweeping from pre-history to present day, this book is monumental in its sole focus on the female and feminine. A significant amounGroundbreaking and sweeping from pre-history to present day, this book is monumental in its sole focus on the female and feminine. A significant amount of fact checking must have gone into its creation. The chapter final chapter, Love, waxes too long and lost my attention, focus and interest. ...more
This is a lengthy book which took me down many additional threads to learn even more. Some of the more fascinating aspects were the Linear A writing, This is a lengthy book which took me down many additional threads to learn even more. Some of the more fascinating aspects were the Linear A writing, the Temple of Inanna in Uruk, sexagesimal or base 60 numeral system and many more. It is impossible for me to read history or social history without being immersed in my imagination, visualizing the people, sites, artifacts and burials. This book afforded me ample opportunity to follow my musings!...more
I'm glad I took my time with this deep and richly rewarding book. Each encounter with it brought visual memories of my visit to Botswana and an apprecI'm glad I took my time with this deep and richly rewarding book. Each encounter with it brought visual memories of my visit to Botswana and an appreciation for the culture and all the people I met there. By the end of the book the !Kung San language structure (I assume faithfully translated from the tape recordings) became more nuanced and the meanings clarified themselves. The book captures an important time in the San culture before wide spread and challenging changes began to take place. Shostak was key in helping preserve information about a vanishing people and culture....more
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