Being Maasai, Becoming Indigenous: Postcolonial Politics in a Neoliberal World - Hardcover

Hodgson, Dorothy L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0253356202 ISBN 13: 9780253356208

Publisher: Indiana University Press, 2011

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Book Description:

Honorable Mention, 2012 American Ethnological Society Senior Book Prize competition

About the Author:

Dorothy L. Hodgson is Professor and Chair of Anthropology at Rutgers University, where she is affiliated with the Center for African Studies and the Women's and Gender Studies Department. She is author of Once Intrepid Warriors (IUP, 2001) and The Church of Women (IUP, 2005).

About this edition

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0253356202
• ISBN 13: 9780253356208
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288