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Bewitching development : witchcraft and the reinvention of development in neoliberal Kenya / James Howard Smith.

Author/creator Smith, James Howard
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press,
Descriptionxv, 269 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Series Chicago studies in practices of meaning
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [255]-266) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2008000461
ISBN9780226764573 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0226764575 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780226764580 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0226764583 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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