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Smith James Howard

Bewitching development : Witchcraft and the reinvention ofdevelopment in Neoliberal Kenya - Chicago University Of Chicago Press 2008 - 269p viii

CONTENTS;
Preface;
Chapter One: Bewitching Development: The Disintegration and Reinvention of Development in Kenya;
Chapter Two: I Still Exist! Taita Historicity;
Chapter Three: Development’s Other: Witchcraft as Development through the Looking Glass;
Chapter Four: “Each Household Is a Kingdom”: Development and Witchcraft at Home;
Chapter Five: “Dot Com Will Die Seriously!” Spatiotemporal Miscommunication and Competing Sovereignties in Taita Thought and Ritual;
Chapter Six: Development, Witchcraft, and the Sovereign Child;
Chapter Seven: Democracy Victorious: Exorcising Witchcraft from Development;
Chapter Eight: Conclusion: Tempopolitics, Or Why Development Should Not be Defined as the Improvement of Living Standards;
Notes;
References;
Index.



ISBN: 9780226764580

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Taita - African People - Social Life & Customs2. Rites & Ceremonies - africa3. Witchcraft - Kenya - Taita Hills

Dewey Class. No.: 305.8 / SMI