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UNINA9910781483303321 |
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Autore |
Hodgson Dorothy Louise |
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Titolo |
Being Maasai, becoming Indigenous [[electronic resource] ] : postcolonial politics in a neoliberal world / / Dorothy L. Hodgson |
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Bloomington [Ind.], : Indiana University Press, 2011 |
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1-283-23583-8 |
9786613235831 |
0-253-00091-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (289 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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? |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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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 re |
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