Title Being Maasai, becoming indigenous : postcolonial politics in a neoliberal world / Dorothy L. Hodgson

Published Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press ; Chesham : Combined Academic [distributor], 2011

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Description xix, 265 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm 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 Formerly CIP. Uk Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [1233]-254) and index Subject Identity politics -- Africa. Identity politics -- Tanzania. Indigenous peoples -- Africa -- Politics and government. Indigenous peoples -- Tanzania -- Politics and government. Maasai (African people) -- Tanzania -- Politics and government. Neoliberalism -- Social aspects -- Africa. Neoliberalism -- Social aspects -- Tanzania. Non-governmental organizations -- Political aspects -- Africa. Non-governmental organizations -- Political aspects -- Tanzania. SUBJECT Africa -- Social conditions -- 1960- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001576 Tanzania -- Social conditions -- 1964- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85132384 LC no. 2010047854 ISBN 0253223059 (paperback) 0253356202 (hbk.) 9780253223050 (paperback) 9780253356208 (hbk.)

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