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Being Maasai, becoming Indigenous : postcolonial politics in a neoliberal world / Dorothy L. Hodgson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hodgson, Dorothy Louise.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Maasai (African people)--Tanzania--Politics and government.
- Maasai (African people).
- Indigenous peoples--Africa--Politics and government.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Indigenous peoples--Tanzania--Politics and government.
- Identity politics--Africa.
- Identity politics.
- Identity politics--Tanzania.
- Non-governmental organizations--Political aspects--Africa.
- Non-governmental organizations.
- Non-governmental organizations--Political aspects--Tanzania.
- Neoliberalism--Social aspects--Africa.
- Neoliberalism.
- Neoliberalism--Social aspects--Tanzania.
- Africa--Social conditions--1960-.
- Africa.
- Tanzania--Social conditions--1964-.
- Tanzania.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington [Ind.] : Indiana University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- What happens to marginalized groups from Africa when they ally with the indigenous peoples' movement? Who claims to be indigenous and why? Dorothy L. Hodgson explores how indigenous identity, both in concept and in practice, plays out in the context of economic liberalization, transnational capitalism, state restructuring, and political democratization. Hodgson brings her long experience with Maasai to her understanding of the shifting contours of their contemporary struggles for recognition, representation, rights, and resources. Being Maasai, Becoming Indigenous is a deep and sensitive re
- Contents:
- Introduction : positionings
- the cultural politics of representation, recognition, resources, and rights
- Becoming indigenous in Africa
- Maasai NGOs, the Tanzanian state, and the politics of indigeneity
- Precarious alliances
- Repositionings : from indigenous rights to pastoralist livelihoods
- "If we had our cows" : community perspectives on the challenge of change
- Conclusion : what do you want?
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613235831
- 9781283235839
- 1283235838
- 9780253000910
- 0253000912
- OCLC:
- 742333294
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