Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman Nisa is the autobiography of a !Kung woman, edited and commented on by Marjorie Shostak. Shostak (the author) cleverly combines both an emic perspective quoted from Nisa and an etic perspective observed by herself. This enables the author to convey information about Nisa and the !Kung people using descriptions on aspects of !Kung life and extracts from NisaÕs own experiences. Nisa highlights many different aspects …showed first 75 words of 515 total…

…showed last 75 words of 515 total…Another aspect of !Kung life that Nisa ignores is the aspect of men. As Nisa is written from a womanÕs perspective, readers are left wondering whether the male members of the community share similar experiences. Nisa is the narrative of an idiosyncratic life, but one that mirrors the conventions and culture of a group as well. From the ethnography Nisa, it seems that the culture of the !Kung people is being lost through time.