Being Maasai, becoming indigenous [electronic resource] : postcolonial politics in a neoliberal world / Dorothy L. Hodgson.
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TextPublication details: Bloomington [Ind.] : Indiana University Press, 2011.Description: xix, 265 p. : mapSubject(s): - 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
- Africa -- Social conditions -- 1960-
- Tanzania -- Social conditions -- 1964-
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- DT443.3.M37 H628 2011eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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?
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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