Debe’s Tantrum

Synopsis: Five-year-old Debe refuses to let his mother, Di!ai, go gathering without him. It will be a hot, exhausting day and Di!ai would prefer to leave Debe with his half-sister, N!ai. Debe has been looking forward to going out and strongly resists being left. His mother gives in and struggles off with her son on her back. !Kung parents have little authority over their children who become independent at an earlier age than Western children. Parents rarely punish their children. They believe punishment to be ineffective and a source of public conflict. Note: the material for the film was shot in the 1950s.
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Film; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 9 min.
Technical information: Black-and-white / Sound
Year of production: 1966
Availability: Hire
Notes: Reviewed by P Draper in ‘American Anthropologist’ Vol 76 (1974), pp 689-91.
Uses: Courses in anthropology. *RAI
Subjects: Anthropology
Keywords: Africa; Kalahari Desert; social life and customs

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