Bewitching development
Smith, James Howard.
Bewitching development witchcraft and the reinvention of development in neoliberal Kenya / [electronic resource] : James Howard Smith. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008. - xv, 269 p. : ill. - Chicago studies in practices of meaning . - Chicago studies in practices of meaning. .
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.
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.
DT433.545.T34 / S65 2008eb
305.896/395
Bewitching development witchcraft and the reinvention of development in neoliberal Kenya / [electronic resource] : James Howard Smith. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008. - xv, 269 p. : ill. - Chicago studies in practices of meaning . - Chicago studies in practices of meaning. .
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.
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.
DT433.545.T34 / S65 2008eb
305.896/395