Once Intrepid Warriors: Gender, Ethnicity, and the Cultural Politics of Maasai Development

by Dorothy L. Hodgson

Book Overview

"Once Intrepid Warriors advances a brilliantly persuasive critique of development among the Maasai. . . . This historical ethnography is a tour de force, counter-balancing the analysis of cultural, political, and socio-economic transformation over the longue duree with intimate and memorable portraits of representative individuals." --Richard Werbner

"In a series of chapters on the interrelationships of ethnicity, gender, and 'modernity,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253214513
• ISBN13: 9780253214515
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher