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1 online resource (xix, 265 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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, representati. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
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 |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Maasai (African people) -- Tanzania -- Politics and government.
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Maasai (African people) |
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Tanzania. |
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Politics and government. |
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Indigenous peoples -- Africa -- Politics and government.
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Indigenous peoples. |
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Africa. |
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Indigenous peoples -- Tanzania -- Politics and government.
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Identity politics -- Africa.
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Identity politics. |
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Identity politics -- Tanzania.
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Non-governmental organizations -- Political aspects -- Africa.
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Non-governmental organizations. |
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Non-governmental organizations -- Political aspects -- Tanzania.
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Africa -- Social conditions -- 1960-
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Social conditions. |
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1960- |
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Tanzania -- Social conditions -- 1964-
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1964- |
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Neoliberalism -- Social aspects -- Africa.
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Neoliberalism. |
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Social aspects. |
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Neoliberalism -- Social aspects -- Tanzania.
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| Chronological Term |
Since 1960 |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hodgson, Dorothy Louise. Being Maasai, becoming indigenous. Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, ©2011 9780253356208 (DLC) 2010047854 (OCoLC)670482479 |
| ISBN |
9780253000910 (electronic book) |
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0253000912 (electronic book) |
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9780253356208 |
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0253356202 |
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9780253223050 |
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0253223059 |
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