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100 _aSmith James Howard
245 _aBewitching development : Witchcraft and the reinvention ofdevelopment in Neoliberal Kenya
260 _aChicago
_bUniversity Of Chicago Press
_c2008
300 _a269p
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365 _b Rs. 1,496
505 _aCONTENTS; 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.
650 _a1. Taita - African People - Social Life & Customs2. Rites & Ceremonies - africa3. Witchcraft - Kenya - Taita Hills
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