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Being Maasai, Becoming Indigenous: Postcolonial Politics in a Neoliberal World

Being Maasai, Becoming Indigenous: Postcolonial Politics in a Neoliberal World - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Dorothy L. HodgsonPublish date:2011-04-21Pages:288
Language:EnglishPublisher:Indiana University PressISBN-13:9780253223050ISBN-10:253223059UPC:9780253223050Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:AfricaBook Topic:EastSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SC96SZD7E2

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.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Indiana University PressISBN-13:9780253223050ISBN-10:253223059UPC:9780253223050Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:AfricaBook Topic:EastSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SC96SZD7E2

Dorothy L. Hodgson is Professor and Chair of Anthropology at Rutgers University, where she is affiliated with the Center for African Studies and the Women's and Gender Studies Department. She is author of Once Intrepid Warriors (IUP, 2001) and The Church of Women (IUP, 2005).


Publisher: Indiana University Press

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