Bewitching development : witchcraft and the reinvention of development in neoliberal Kenya / / James Howard Smith.

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Superior document:Chicago studies in practices of meaning
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Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
Series:Chicago studies in practices of meaning.
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Physical Description:xv, 269 p. :; ill.
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505 0 |a Bewitching development : the disintegration and reinvention of development in Kenya -- I still exist! Taita historicity -- Development's other : witchcraft as development through the looking glass -- "Each household is a kingdom" : development and witchcraft at home -- "Dot com will die seriously!" spatiotemporal miscommunication and competing sovereignties in Taita thought and ritual -- NGOs, gender, and sovereign child -- Democracy victorious: exorcising witchcraft from development -- Conclusion: Tempopolitics, or why development should not be defined as the improvement of living standards. 
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