When the light is fire : Maasai schoolgirls in contemporary Kenya /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Switzer, Heather D., 1970- author.
Imprint:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2018]
Description:	xiii, 219 pages ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Girls, Maasai -- Education -- Kenya -- Kajiado District. Maasai (African people) -- Education -- Kenya -- Kajiado District. Women, Maasai -- Kenya -- Kajiado District -- Social conditions. Educational anthropology -- Kenya -- Kajiado District. Educational anthropology. Maasai (African people) -- Education. Social conditions. Women, Maasai -- Social conditions. Kajiado District (Kenya) -- Social conditions -- 21st century. Kenya -- Kajiado District.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11699293

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ISBN:	9780252083723 0252083725 9780252042034 0252042034
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction. "Girls are the most powerful force of change on the planet": Situating Schoolgirlhood
Chapter 1. "Now is not like before. The world has changed": Maasai Education in Cultural and Historical Context
Chapter 2. "I see that when I am in school, I will have a good life": Producing and Performing Schoolgirlhood
Chapter 3. "The medicine for fire is fire": Negotiating Schoolgirlhood
Chapter 4. "We are not enkanyakuai.... We are just girls": Embodying Schoolgirlhood
Conclusion. Becoming "People Who Use Both Hands"
Notes
Works Cited
Index

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