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

"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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hodgson, Dorothy Louise
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, ©2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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?