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Author Switzer, Heather D., 1970- author.

Title When the light is fire : Maasai schoolgirls in contemporary Kenya / Heather D. Switzer.

Publication Info. Champaign, IL : University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, [2018]
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Description 1 online resource
Kenyah language
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction. "Girls are the most powerful force of change on the planet": Situating Schoolgirlhood; Chapter 1. "Now is not like before. The world has changed": Maasai Education in Cultural and Historical Context; Chapter 2. "I see that when I am in school, I will have a good life": Producing and Performing Schoolgirlhood; Chapter 3. "The medicine for fire is fire": Negotiating Schoolgirlhood; Chapter 4. "We are not enkanyakuai. ... We are just girls": Embodying Schoolgirlhood; Conclusion. Becoming "People Who Use Both Hands"; Notes
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Subject Girls, Maasai -- Education -- Kenya -- Kajiado District.
Girls, Maasai.
Education.
Kenya -- Kajiado District.
Maasai (African people) -- Education -- Kenya -- Kajiado District.
Maasai (African people) -- Education.
Maasai (African people)
Women, Maasai -- Kenya -- Kajiado District -- Social conditions.
Women, Maasai.
Social conditions.
Educational anthropology -- Kenya -- Kajiado District.
Educational anthropology.
Kajiado District (Kenya) -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Chronological Term 2000-2099
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Switzer, Heather D., 1970- When the light is fire. Champaign, IL : University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, [2018] (DLC) 2018015070
ISBN 9780252050770 (electronic book)
0252050770 (electronic book)
9780252042034
0252042034
9780252083723
0252083725

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