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Once Intrepid Warriors: Gender, Ethnicity, and the Cultural Politics of Maasai Development
Dorothy L. Hodgson
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Description for Once Intrepid Warriors: Gender, Ethnicity, and the Cultural Politics of Maasai Development
Paperback. Situating the Maasai in the larger political, economic, and social context of Kenya and world events, this book shows how broader forces have had an impact on the construction of Maasai lifeways, especially gender relations. It focuses on how development has affected Maasai lives. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 b&w. BIC Classification: 1HFG; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 524.
Once Intrepid Warriors Gender, Ethnicity, and the Cultural Politics of Maasai Development Dorothy L. Hodgson How the experience and legacy of development have shaped Maasai identities today. Hodgson presents us with a complex, interactive picture of change over time, one dominated neither by the Maasai nor the state and development apparatus.... The Maasai emerge not simply as the `intrepid warriors' envisioned by government and development officials, or even sometimes by themselves, but as active agents in the construction of their own history. This history, however, is often contradictory, contested, and ... Read more
Once Intrepid Warriors Gender, Ethnicity, and the Cultural Politics of Maasai Development Dorothy L. Hodgson How the experience and legacy of development have shaped Maasai identities today. Hodgson presents us with a complex, interactive picture of change over time, one dominated neither by the Maasai nor the state and development apparatus.... The Maasai emerge not simply as the `intrepid warriors' envisioned by government and development officials, or even sometimes by themselves, but as active agents in the construction of their own history. This history, however, is often contradictory, contested, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253214515
SKU
V9780253214515
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About Dorothy L. Hodgson
Dorothy L. Hodgson teaches anthropology at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, where she is affiliated with the Center for African Studies and the Women's Studies Department.
Reviews for Once Intrepid Warriors: Gender, Ethnicity, and the Cultural Politics of Maasai Development
[T]his is a well-researched and innovative account. The `intrepid women' of the French army have found their historian.42 2012
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