TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hodgson, Dorothy Louise.
TI  - Being Maasai, becoming indigenous: postcolonial politics in a neoliberal world
SN  - 9780253356208
U1  - 323.119HOD 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Bloomington
PB  - Indiana University Press
KW  - Maasai (African people)--Tanzania--Politics and government
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [1233]-254) and index
N2  - 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 reflection on the possibilities and limits of transnational advocacy and the dilemmas of political action, civil society, and change in Maasai communities
ER  -