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

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1. Verfasser: Smith, James Howard
Körperschaft: ebrary, Inc
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Schriftenreihe:Chicago studies in practices of meaning.
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.