Questioning Misfortune The Pragmatics of Uncertainty in Eastern Uganda

Name: Questioning Misfortune The Pragmatics of Uncertainty in Eastern Uganda
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ISBN: 9780521594028

ISBN-10: 0521594022

ISBN-13: 9780521594028

Edition: 1997

Authors: Susan Reynolds Whyte

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Based on a long-term study of adversity and its social causes in Bunyole, eastern Uganda, Whyte considers the way in which people deal with uncertainties of life such as sickness, suffering, marital problems, failure and death.

Book details

List price: $94.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/8/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 274
Size: 6.22" wide x 9.29" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Introduction



An Uncertain World



Misfortune and uncertainty



The pursuit of health and prosperity



Going to ask



'What You Cannot See': The Revelations of Spirits



At home with the dead



The fertility of clanship



Little spirits and child survival



'You Will Know Me': The Opacity of Humans



Speaking of morality



Substances and secrecy



The Pragmatics of Uncertainty



More questions



Consequences


Notes


References


Index