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

Published Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 265 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations 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? 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 reflection on the possibilities and limits of transnational advocacy and the dilemmas of political action, civil society, and change in Maasai communities." -- Publisher's Description Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Maasai (African people) -- Tanzania -- Politics and government Indigenous peoples -- Africa -- Politics and government Indigenous peoples -- Tanzania -- Politics and government Identity politics -- Africa Identity politics -- Tanzania Non-governmental organizations -- Political aspects -- Africa Non-governmental organizations -- Political aspects -- Tanzania Neoliberalism -- Social aspects -- Africa Neoliberalism -- Social aspects -- Tanzania POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. HISTORY -- Africa -- East. Identity politics Indigenous peoples -- Politics and government Social conditions Massai Ethnische Identität Politik Nichtstaatliche Organisation Massai. Soziale Situation. Neoliberalismus. Politik. Nichtstaatliche Organisation. SUBJECT Africa -- Social conditions -- 1960- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001576 Tanzania -- Social conditions -- 1964- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85132384 Subject Africa Tanzania Tansania Tanzania. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780253000910 0253000912 1283235838 9781283235839 9786613235831 6613235830

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