Questioning misfortune : the pragmatics of uncertainty in Eastern Uganda / Susan Reynolds Whyte
1997, 1st edition. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press. Fine paperback copy. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright and clean. Item #425088
Physical description; xiv, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-251) and index. Amaury Talbot Prize for African Anthropology, 1997. Contents; 1. An uncertain world. 1. Misfortune and uncertainty. 2. The pursuit of health and prosperity. 3. Going to ask -- 2. 'What you cannot see': the revelations of spirits. 4. At home with the dead. 5. The fertility of clanship. 6. Little spirits and child survival -- 3. 'You will know me': the opacity of humans. 7. Speaking of morality. 8. Substances and secrecy -- 4. The pragmatics of uncertainty. 9. More questions. 10. Consequences. Subjects; Ethnology Uganda Bunyole (District). Medical anthropology Uganda Bunyole (District). Divination Uganda Bunyole (District). Social problems Uganda Bunyole (District). Ethnology. Anthropology. Magic. Social problems.
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