Bewitching development : witchcraft and the reinvention of development in neoliberal Kenya / James Howard Smith.
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TextSeries: Chicago studies in practices of meaningPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.Description: xv, 269 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: - 9780226764573 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0226764575 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780226764580 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0226764583 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 305.896/395 22
- DT433.545.T34 S65 2008
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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.
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