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Being Maasai, becoming indigenous postcolonial politics in a neoliberal world /

Main Author: Hodgson, Dorothy Louise.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bloomington [Ind.] : Indiana University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Maasai (African people) > Politics and government. > Tanzania
Indigenous peoples > Politics and government. > Africa
Indigenous peoples > Politics and government. > Tanzania
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-
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10481738
Table of 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?

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