02448nam 2200565 450 991016492260332120200520144314.00-8214-4568-5(CKB)3710000001064506(MiAaPQ)EBC4806521(Au-PeEL)EBL4806521(CaPaEBR)ebr11346395(OCoLC)973186815(BIP)060631230(EXLCZ)99371000000106450620170306h20161993 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierBeing Maasai ethnicity & identity in East Africa /edited by Thomas Spear & Richard WallerOxford, [England] :James Curry,2016.19931 online resource (337 pages) illustrations, photographsEastern African Studies"Chiefly papers presented at the African Studies Association Meeting in Atlanta in 1989."0-8214-1045-8 0-8214-1029-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.A multi-disciplinary approach to studying ethnicity in Africa.Many of the people who identify themselves as Maasai, or who speak the Maa language, are not pastoralist at all, but framers and hunters. Over time many people have 'become' something else, adn what it means to be Maasai has changed radically over the past several centuries and is still changing today.This collection by historians, archaeologists, anthropologists and linguists examines how Maasai identity has been created, evoked, contested and transformed.North America: Ohio U Press; Tanzania: Mkuki na Nyota; Kenya: EAEPEastern African studies (London, England)Maasai (African people)Ethnic identityCongressesMaasai (African people)Social life and customsCongressesEthnicityKenyaCongressesEthnicityTanzaniaCongressesMaasai (African people)Ethnic identityMaasai (African people)Social life and customsEthnicityEthnicity305.8965Spear Thomas T.Waller Richard(Richard D.),MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910164922603321Being Maasai1161520UNINA