John Parkington
Autor(a) de The mantis, the eland, and the hunter: follow the San--
Obras por John Parkington
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Sexo
- male
Membros
Críticas
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 5
- Membros
- 28
- Popularidade
- #471,397
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Críticas
- 1
- ISBN
- 4
Apart from not really giving a good feel for the locations of the sites - a map would have been a good addition to the book - the book has a lack of depth. The book is short (63 pages) and is as much a companion to a real tour of the areas as it is a book in its own right; although the introductory passages note there is a lot of recorded data about the hunter-gatherers in the area from interviews, only a limited amount finds its way into the text. The book focuses more on the art itself than the culture of the San.
Still, this is almost criticizing the book for what it isn't. The photographs are nice and the explanations give a small but good window into the art and culture of the San.… (mais)