Marjorie Shostak

Marjorie Shostak was an American anthropologist renowned for her extensive fieldwork among the !Kung San people of the Kalahari Desert. Though she never obtained a formal degree in the field, her work focused intently on the lives of women within this hunter-gatherer society. Shostak was known for her sensitive and insightful depictions of the daily lives and social structures of this community. Her ethnographic accounts offer valuable insights into a world markedly different from our own.