The modernity of witchcraft
politics and the occult in postcolonial Africa = Sorcellerie et politique en Afrique : la viande des autres
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Author
Publication
1997 - University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville [Va.], Virginia
Language
English
Word Count
77,750 words, Guess
Page Count
311 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1006380M
- ISBN-100813917026
- OCLC Control Number59629300
- OCLC Control Number35673589
- Internet Archivemodernityofwitch0000gesc
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- Library of Congress Control Number96046199
- Goodreads576056
- LibraryThing704485
Classifications
- DDC306.4/096711
- LCCDT571.M35 G4613 1997
Description
In the Modernity of Witchcraft, Peter Geschiere uses his own experiences among the Maka and in other parts of eastern and southern Cameroon, as well as other anthropological research, to argue that contemporary ideas and practices of witchcraft are more a response to modern exigencies than a lingering cultural custom. The prevalence of witchcraft, especially in African politics and entrepreneurship, demonstrates the unlikely balance it has achieved with the forces of modernity. Geschiere explores why modern techniques and commodities, usually of Western provenance, have become central in rumors of the occult.
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