Being Maasai, becoming Indigenous : postcolonial politics in a neoliberal world

Being Maasai, becoming Indigenous : postcolonial politics in a neoliberal world / Dorothy L. Hodgson.

"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, transnation...

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Main Author: Hodgson, Dorothy Louise
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Since 1960
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.
Electronic books.
e-books.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
HISTORY > Africa > East.
Identity politics
Indigenous peoples > Politics and government
Social conditions
Massai
Ethnische Identität
Politik
Nichtstaatliche Organisation
Massai.
Soziale Situation.
Neoliberalismus.
Politik.
Nichtstaatliche Organisation.
Iwi taketake.
Massajer > Tanzania > politik och förvaltning.
Ursprungsbefolkningar > Tanzania > politik och förvaltning.
Ursprungsbefolkningar > Afrika > politik och förvaltning.
Kulturell identitet.
Frivilligorganisationer > Tanzania.
Frivilligorganisationer > Afrika.
Nyliberalism > Tanzania > sociala aspekter.
Africa > Social conditions > 1960-
Tanzania > Social conditions > 1964-
Africa
Tanzania
Tansania
Tanzania.
Afrika > sociala förhållanden > 1960-
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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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