Demons and Development The Struggle for Community in a Sri Lankan Village

Name: Demons and Development The Struggle for Community in a Sri Lankan Village
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ISBN: 9780816516391

ISBN-10: 0816516391

ISBN-13: 9780816516391

Edition: 3rd 1996

Authors: James Brow, Brow

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In contemporary Sri Lanka, long-established modes of rural lifeare being disrupted in the name of progress. As this occurs, instances of "demonic possession" have been known to take place—incidents that may both express the conflicts that result and attempt to resolve them. When residents of the village of Kukulewa were promised sixty new houses, a factional rift arose between those who benefited from the project and those who did not. The breach between what became in effect two separate villages resulted in both divisive accusations of sorcery and spirit-inspired appeals for cooperation. James Brow witnessed these possession trances and sorcery accusations as they occurred, enabling him…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Publication date: 10/1/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 237
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.20" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


List of Abbreviations


Cast of Characters



Ceremony in Samadigama



Orientations



Of Savages and Kings



The Village Community Confronts the Market



Party Politics and Nationalist Rhetoric



The Awakening Village



The Rise of the Fernandos



Life in Samadigama



Gods and Demons



Offerings to the Gods



Private Practice



Reflections


Notes


Glossary


References Cited


Index