LEADER 04153nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910452694803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-16644-1 010 $a9786613809513 010 $a0-226-76459-1 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226764597 035 $a(CKB)2550000000110991 035 $a(EBL)977910 035 $a(OCoLC)804664924 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000687354 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12259903 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000687354 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10757122 035 $a(PQKB)10107691 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC977910 035 $a(DE-B1597)523119 035 $a(OCoLC)1135576779 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226764597 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL977910 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10582958 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL380951 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000110991 100 $a20080108d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBewitching development$b[electronic resource] $ewitchcraft and the reinvention of development in neoliberal Kenya /$fJames Howard Smith 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (287 p.) 225 1 $aChicago studies in practices of meaning 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-76457-5 311 $a0-226-76458-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBewitching 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. 330 $aThese days, development inspires scant trust in the West. For critics who condemn centralized efforts to plan African societies as latter day imperialism, such plans too closely reflect their roots in colonial rule and neoliberal economics. But proponents of this pessimistic view often ignore how significant this concept has become for Africans themselves. In Bewitching Development, James Howard Smith presents a close ethnographic account of how people in the Taita Hills of Kenya have appropriated and made sense of development thought and practice, focusing on the complex ways that development connects with changing understandings of witchcraft. Similar to magic, development's promise of a better world elicits both hope and suspicion from Wataita. Smith shows that the unforeseen changes wrought by development-greater wealth for some, dashed hopes for many more-foster moral debates that Taita people express in occult terms. By carefully chronicling the beliefs and actions of this diverse community-from frustrated youths to nostalgic seniors, duplicitous preachers to thought-provoking witch doctors-BewitchingDevelopment vividly depicts the social life of formerly foreign ideas and practices in postcolonial Africa. 410 0$aChicago studies in practices of meaning. 606 $aTaita (African people)$xSocial life and customs 606 $aTaita (African people)$xRites and ceremonies 606 $aWitchcraft$zKenya$zTaita Hills 606 $aEconomic development$zKenya$zTaita Hills 607 $aTaita Hills (Kenya)$xEconomic conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aTaita (African people)$xSocial life and customs. 615 0$aTaita (African people)$xRites and ceremonies. 615 0$aWitchcraft 615 0$aEconomic development 676 $a305.896/395 700 $aSmith$b James Howard$0869288 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452694803321 996 $aBewitching development$92065668 997 $aUNINA LEADER 01393cam2-22003731i-450 001 990005707890403321 005 20240222130228.0 035 $a000570789 035 $aFED01000570789 035 $a(Aleph)000570789FED01 035 $a000570789 100 $a19990604g19081912km-y0itay50------ba 101 0 $alat 102 $aIT 105 $ay-------001yy 200 1 $aAntonii Astesani De ejus vita et fortunae varietate carmen$e(AA. CCCLXXX-MCCCXLI)$fa cura di Armando Tallone 205 $aNuova edizione riveduta, ampliata e corretta$fcon la direzione di Giosuč Carducci e Vittorio Fiorini 210 $aCittą di Castello$cS. Lapi$d1908-1912 215 $aXCIV, 238 p.$d33 cm 225 1 $aRerum Italicarum scriptores 300 $aVol. composto dai fascc. 66, 81, 108. 461 0$1001000933345$12001$aRaccolta degli storici italiani dal cinquecento al millecinquecento$fordinata da L. A. Muratori$v14.1 610 0 $aItalia$aStoria$aSec. 6.-16.$aFonti 676 $a945$v22$zita 700 1$aAstesano,$bAntonio$0219004 702 1$aTallone,$bArmando 702 1$aMuratori,$bLodovico Antonio$f<1672-1750> 801 0$aIT$bUNINA$gRICA$2UNIMARC 901 $aBK 912 $a990005707890403321 952 $a945 ISIME 05 (14.1) (1)$bBIBL. 948$fFLFBC 959 $aFLFBC 996 $aAntonii Astesani De ejus vita et fortunae varietate carmen$9304348 997 $aUNINA