Indigenous elites in Africa : the case of Kenya's Maasai / Serah Shani.
Indigenous elites in Africa :
ISBN
9781003183990 (ebook)
1003183999
9781000482201 (electronic bk. : PDF)
1000482200 (electronic bk. : PDF)
9781000482218 (electronic bk. : EPUB)
1000482219 (electronic bk. : EPUB)
9781032025766 (hardback)
9781032025780 (paperback)
1003183999
9781000482201 (electronic bk. : PDF)
1000482200 (electronic bk. : PDF)
9781000482218 (electronic bk. : EPUB)
1000482219 (electronic bk. : EPUB)
9781032025766 (hardback)
9781032025780 (paperback)
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İngilizce
Yazar
Yayın Bilgisi
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
Fiziksel Niteleme
1 online resource.
Dizi
Routledge contemporary Africa
Özet, vb.
"This book investigates the formation, configuration and consolidation of elites amongst Kenya's Maasai. The Maasai ethnic group is one of the world's most anthropologized populations, but research tends to focus on what appears to be their dismal situation, analysing how their culture hinders or challenges modern ideas of economic and political development. This book instead focuses on the Maasai men and women who rise to the position of elites, overcoming the odds to take on positions as politicians, professors, CEOs, and high-end administrators. The twenty-first century has seen new opportunities for progression beyond the social reproduction of family wealth, with NGOs, missionaries, tourists and researchers providing new sources of global capital flows. The author, who is Maasai herself, demonstrates the diverse local, national, and global resources and opportunities which lead to social mobility and elite formation. The book also shows how female elites have been able to navigate a patriarchal society in their journey to attaining and maintaining elite status. This book will be of interest to researchers across the fields of anthropology, political science, international development, sociology, and African studies"-- Provided by publisher.
Konu
Maasai (African people) __ Kenya __ Narok __ History __ 21st.
Maasai (African people) __ Kenya __ Social life and customs __ Case studies.
Elite (Social sciences) __ Kenya __ Narok __ Case studies.
Social mobility __ Kenya __ Narok __ Case studies.
Narok (Kenya) __ Case studies.
Maasai (African people) __ Kenya __ Social life and customs __ Case studies.
Elite (Social sciences) __ Kenya __ Narok __ Case studies.
Social mobility __ Kenya __ Narok __ Case studies.
Narok (Kenya) __ Case studies.
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