Bewitching development : witchcraft and the reinvention of development in neoliberal Kenya /

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

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Bewitching development [electronic resource] : witchcraft and the reinvention of development in neoliberal Kenya / James Howard Smith.
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
xv, 269 p. : ill.
Chicago studies in practices of meaning
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Taita (African people) Social life and customs.
Taita (African people) Rites and ceremonies.
Witchcraft Kenya Taita Hills.
Economic development Kenya Taita Hills.
Taita Hills (Kenya) Economic conditions.
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Bewitching development witchcraft and the reinvention of development in neoliberal Kenya /
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contents 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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