Coping with Risk: Reciprocity Among the Basarwa of Northern Botswana

1985/09/01 by Elizabeth Cashdan, Elizabeth A. Cashdan · 1 voice · 8 citations
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Social Sciences · #African studies and sociopolitical issues #HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses

paper · doi:10.2307/2802441

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Discussions

• Lévi-Struass talked about a process he called Generalized Exchange. This turns out to be very important for the way that subsistence communities manage livelihood risk through food sharing. Polly Wies [bsky, 2 points, 1 comments]