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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Table of 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.