{"product_id":"being-maasai-thomas-spear-9780821410455","title":"Being Maasai: Ethnicity and Identity In East Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003eEveryone \"knows\" the Maasai as proud pastoralists who once dominated the Rift Valley from northern Kenya to central Tanzania. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But many people who identity themselves as Maasai, or who speak Maa, are not pastoralist at all, but farmers and hunters. Over time many different people have \"become\" something else. And what it means to be Maasai has changed radically over the past several centuries and is still changing today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This collection by historians, archaeologists, anthropologists and linguists examines how Maasai identity has been created, evoked, contested, and transformed from the time of their earliest settlement in Kenya to the present, as well as raising questions about the nature of ethnicity generally.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Spear\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0821410458\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780821410455\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.72h x 5.78w x 1.03d","brand":"Thomas Spear","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44133011718399,"sku":"9780821410455","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4f9d54f1-29ee-4fad-b664-1b1718e437b4.jpg?v=1687483575","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/being-maasai-thomas-spear-9780821410455","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}