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Smith, James Howard.

Bewitching development : witchcraft and the reinvention of development in neoliberal Kenya / James Howard Smith. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008. - xv, 269 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Chicago studies in practices of meaning .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-266) 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.

ISBN: 9780226764573 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226764575 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226764580 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0226764583 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2008000461

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA858761 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 014595504 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Taita (African people)--Social life and customs.
Taita (African people)--Rites and ceremonies.
Witchcraft--Kenya--Taita Hills.
Economic development--Kenya--Taita Hills.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Taita Hills (Kenya)--Economic conditions.

LC Class. No.: DT433.545.T34 / S65 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 305.896/395