Precarious alliances: The cultural politics and structural predicaments of the indigenous rights movement in Tanzania

American Anthropologist

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1086-1097

  Hodgson, Dorothy L ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural politics; Indigenous peoples; Maasai; Social movements; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036904972     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2002.104.4.1086     Document Type: Article

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