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- catalog abstract "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.".
- catalog alternative "Politics and the occult in postcolonial Africa".
- catalog alternative "Sorcellerie et politique en Afrique : la viande des autres".
- catalog alternative "Sorcellerie et politique en Afrique. English".
- catalog contributor b10242383.
- catalog contributor b10242384.
- catalog contributor b10242385.
- catalog coverage "Cameroon Politics and government.".
- catalog coverage "Cameroon Social conditions.".
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction: Witchcraft as Political Discourse -- 2. A Full Belly: The Maka and the Djambe ; Comparative Interstice I: The Variable Faces of Sorcery and Witchcraft -- 3. Witchcraft and Local Politics: The Dialectics of Equality and Ambition -- 4. Witchcraft and National Politics: The Paradoxes of the New Elite ; Comparative Interstice II: The Temptations of Power -- 5. Witchcraft and the Art of Getting Rich: Regional Variations -- 6. The State Attacks: A Judiciary Offensive against itches -- 7. Balance --- Afterword:The Meanderings of Anthropological Discourse on Witchcraft.".
- catalog 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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-299) and index.".
- catalog extent "xii, 311 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Modernity of witchcraft.".
- catalog identifier "0813917026 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0813917034 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Modernity of witchcraft.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng fre".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Charlottesville [Va.] : University Press of Virginia,".
- catalog relation "Modernity of witchcraft.".
- catalog spatial "Cameroon Politics and government.".
- catalog spatial "Cameroon Social conditions.".
- catalog spatial "Cameroon.".
- catalog subject "306.4/096711 21".
- catalog subject "DT571.M35 G4613 1997".
- catalog subject "Maka (African people) Politics and government.".
- catalog subject "Maka (African people) Religion.".
- catalog subject "Maka (African people) Social conditions.".
- catalog subject "Witchcraft Cameroon.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction: Witchcraft as Political Discourse -- 2. A Full Belly: The Maka and the Djambe ; Comparative Interstice I: The Variable Faces of Sorcery and Witchcraft -- 3. Witchcraft and Local Politics: The Dialectics of Equality and Ambition -- 4. Witchcraft and National Politics: The Paradoxes of the New Elite ; Comparative Interstice II: The Temptations of Power -- 5. Witchcraft and the Art of Getting Rich: Regional Variations -- 6. The State Attacks: A Judiciary Offensive against itches -- 7. Balance --- Afterword:The Meanderings of Anthropological Discourse on Witchcraft.".
- catalog title "Politics and the occult in postcolonial Africa".
- catalog title "Sorcellerie et politique en Afrique : la viande des autres".
- catalog title "Sorcellerie et politique en Afrique. English".
- catalog title "The modernity of witchcraft : politics and the occult in postcolonial Africa = Sorcellerie et politique en Afrique : la viande des autres / Peter Geschiere ; translated by Peter Geschiere and Janet Roitman.".
- catalog type "text".