Drawing on archival sources as well as extensive fieldwork in Tanzania, Dorothy L. Hodgson explores the way identity, development, and gender have interacted over time to make the Maasai what they are today. By situating the Maasai in the larger political, economic, and social context of Kenya and world events, Hodgson shows how broader forces have had an impact on the construction of Maasai lifeways, especially gender relations. Hodgson pays particular attention to how development has affected Maasai lives. Development is ...
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Drawing on archival sources as well as extensive fieldwork in Tanzania, Dorothy L. Hodgson explores the way identity, development, and gender have interacted over time to make the Maasai what they are today. By situating the Maasai in the larger political, economic, and social context of Kenya and world events, Hodgson shows how broader forces have had an impact on the construction of Maasai lifeways, especially gender relations. Hodgson pays particular attention to how development has affected Maasai lives. Development is not seen as a fixed practice, but as a historical process that reflects the larger forces at play, and critical assumptions by government and development officials, such as the belief in Maasai exceptionalism - that they must be maintained as a warrior nation, have determined the types of development schemes that were believed to be most beneficial to the Maasai. But rather than reinforce the vision of intrepid warriors, development has instead performed a key role in creating new gender hierarchies, new responses to the pressures of modernity, and ambivalent attitudes toward education and local, national, and international politics. Interspersed throughout Hodgson's narrative are brief profiles of Maasai men and women. These intimate portraits bring Maasai voices to life and show that they were never passive participants in their own history. "Once Intrepid Warriors" reflects the complexity and variability of Maasai society as it has responded to outside interventions and internal struggles over how to protect Maasai interests in a changing world.
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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Good Condition. Text appears to have multiple markings such as highlighting, underlining & writing. Cover has wear and corner bumps. The spine is in good condition with some wear. 333 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Education; ISBN: 025333909X. ISBN/EAN: 9780253339096. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561036829.
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Presumably signed/dated by author. \r\n\r\nNoticeable signs of wear/scuffs on dust jacket & lower/upper bind but book is in very good condition. Text is mostly clean & readable.
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Very Good-in Very Good+ dust jacket. 025333909X. There is pencil underlining & some pink highlighting & margin notes scattered throughout. Else binding clean. DJ clean, with just a bit of rubbing at tips of corners.; Charts & maps; FNH9B; 333 pages.
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Fine in Fine dust jacket. 025333909X. B&W Photographs; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 320 pages; 2001 Indiana University Press. HC/DJ. First Edition. Very tightly bound and exceptionally neat in crisp edged and uniformly bright pictorial dust jacket. Feels and appears unread and about as new. No marks of any kind. F/F.