"Nisa" by Marjorie Shostak, describes the life a !kung woman, a life span of nearly 50 years. The book was written during the 1970's, while Shostak was interviewing !Kung women for her research. Nisa was just one of those women, but her story captivated Shostak, making her wrtie the book. Mostly told by Nisa herself, Shostak writes introductions to every chapter, then lets Nisa tell her story in her own language, more or less.
As I was reading the book, I became aware of the huge differences between the different cultures in the matter of a mother and her baby. I knew this would be one of my topics for the paper. Because I can't really remember what happened in my childhood, I'll mostly tell of my nephews, since I was very involved in their lives, until leaving for college.
My second topic was marriage. My parents are married for about 30 years, my brothers marriying at a pretty early stage in life, and some of my friends also getting married, I atttended a lot of marriages in my life. Not to mention the ones I played in.
As for having children - my third subject - being the last of four children, I was abel to see my brothers grow up and raise their own family and have children, see them confront them on candy and sleep time. I am thankful I missed their potty training though.
I grew up in Raanana, Israel. Raanana became quite a large town during my years growing up, but the main occupants are still white middle/upper class Jews. A lot of them came from South Africa. There weren't any black people on the street, and even today most of the people there are white. When the big immigration from Russia came, a lot of them came to Raanana, but during the Ethiopians" migration to Israel, they were settled mostly in the south of Israel. I wasn't really aware of different cultures and ways of life until I went to the army. I traveled a lot, met a lot of people, and learned how diverse Israel is.
