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Bewitching development

by Smith, James Howard.
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Series: Chicago studies in practices of meaning Published by : University of Chicago Press, (Chicago :) Physical details: xv, 269 p. : ill.
Subject(s): 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. | Electronic books.
Year: 2008
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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. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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