Kupilikula
"Kupilikula is one of the finest examinations of contemporary sorcery that I have read. The writing is clear and unencumbered. The ethnography is rich and nuanced. By the end of the book, the reader has a significantly more profound comprehension of the thorny thicket of contemporary African politics. This is a major contribution to African studies, political anthropology, and the anthropology of religion." - Paul Stoller, West Chester University and Temple University"
On the Mueda plateau in northern Mozambique, sorcerers are said to feed on their victims, sometimes "making" lions or transforming into lions to literally devour their flesh. When the ruling FRELIMO party subscribed to socialism, it condemned sorcery beliefs and counter-sorcery practices as false consciousness, but since undertaking neoliberal reform, the party - still in power after three electoral cycles - has "tolerated tradition," leaving villagers to interpret and engage with events in the idiom of sorcery. Les mer
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"Kupilikula" argues that, where neoliberal policies have fostered social division rather than security and prosperity, Muedans have, in fact, used sorcery discourse to assess and sometimes overturn reforms, advancing alternative visions of a world transformed.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- University of Chicago Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 336
- ISBN
- 9780226894058
- Utgivelsesår
- 2005
- Format
- 2 x 2 cm
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"Kupilikula is one of the finest examinations of contemporary sorcery that I have read. The writing is clear and unencumbered. The ethnography is rich and nuanced. By the end of the book, the reader has a significantly more profound comprehension of the thorny thicket of contemporary African politics. This is a major contribution to African studies, political anthropology, and the anthropology of religion." - Paul Stoller, West Chester University and Temple University"