03812nam 2200805 a 450 991045680340332120200520144314.01-283-23583-897866132358310-253-00091-2(CKB)2550000000040251(EBL)713666(OCoLC)742333294(SSID)ssj0000534383(PQKBManifestationID)11344869(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000534383(PQKBWorkID)10511495(PQKB)10968038(MiAaPQ)EBC713666(OCoLC)753562133(MdBmJHUP)muse1870(Au-PeEL)EBL713666(CaPaEBR)ebr10481738(CaONFJC)MIL323583(EXLCZ)99255000000004025120101112d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBeing Maasai, becoming indigenous[electronic resource] postcolonial politics in a neoliberal world /Dorothy L. HodgsonBloomington [Ind.] Indiana University Press20111 online resource (289 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-22305-9 0-253-35620-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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?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 reMaasai (African people)TanzaniaPolitics and governmentIndigenous peoplesAfricaPolitics and governmentIndigenous peoplesTanzaniaPolitics and governmentIdentity politicsAfricaIdentity politicsTanzaniaNon-governmental organizationsPolitical aspectsAfricaNon-governmental organizationsPolitical aspectsTanzaniaNeoliberalismSocial aspectsAfricaNeoliberalismSocial aspectsTanzaniaAfricaSocial conditions1960-TanzaniaSocial conditions1964-Electronic books.Maasai (African people)Politics and government.Indigenous peoplesPolitics and government.Indigenous peoplesPolitics and government.Identity politicsIdentity politicsNon-governmental organizationsPolitical aspectsNon-governmental organizationsPolitical aspectsNeoliberalismSocial aspectsNeoliberalismSocial aspects323.1196/5Hodgson Dorothy Louise845481MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456803403321Being Maasai, becoming indigenous2098471UNINA