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

Dorothy L. Hodgson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 6, 2004 | ISBN-10: 0253214513 | ISBN-13: 978-0253214515

"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,' Hodgson concludes that it is not the Maasai who have remained static, but rather the external images of them." —Choice

"... meticulous and well-documented... a valuable resource...." —Africa

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"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,' Hodgson concludes that it is not the Maasai who have remained static, but rather the external images of them." --Choice "... meticulous and well-documented ... a valuable resource..." --Africa

About the Author

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.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Indiana University Press (April 6, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0253214513
• ISBN-13: 978-0253214515
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #764,601 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #52 in Books > History > Africa > Tanzania

More About the Author

Dorothy Hodgson is Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at Rutgers University, former Director of the Institute for Research on Women at Rutgers, and President of the Association for Feminist Anthropology. She has worked and conducted research among Maasai pastoralists in Tanzania since 1985. Her research and writing have been supported over the years by grants and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Fulbright-Hays, American Council for Learned Societies, National Science Foundation, American Philosophical Society, Wenner-Gren Foundation, Social Science Research Council, and Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences.

To learn more about her research, listen to her recent podcast interview with Africa Past & Present: http://afripod.aodl.org/2011/04/afripod-51/