Książka Questioning Misfortune Susan Reynolds (University of Copenhagen) Whyte

Questioning Misfortune

The Pragmatics of Uncertainty in Eastern Uganda

Język: Angielski
Oprawa: Twarda
Dostępność: Dostępna u dostawcy
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Some of the most interesting ethnographies of experience are concerned to highlight the indeterminat...

Informacje o książce

Język
Angielski
Oprawa
Książka - Twarda
Data wydania
1998
strony
274
EAN
9780521594028
ISBN
0521594022
Enbook ID
02036739
Waga
560
Wymiary
158 x 236 x 23

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Some of the most interesting ethnographies of experience are concerned to highlight the indeterminate nature of life. Questioning Misfortune is very much within this tradition. Based on a long-term study of adversity and its social causes in Bunyole, eastern Uganda, it considers the way in which people deal with uncertainties of life, such as sickness, suffering, marital problems, failure, and death. Divination may identify causes of misfortune, ranging from ancestors and spirits to sorcerers. Sufferers and their families will then try out a variety of remedial measures, including pharmaceuticals, sorcery antidotes, and sacrifices. But remedies often fail, and doubt and uncertainty persist. Even the commercialisation of biomedicine, and the peril of AIDS can be understood in terms of a pragmatics of uncertainty.

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