Questioning Misfortune: The Pragmatics of Uncertainty in Eastern Uganda by Susan Reynolds Whyte

Questioning Misfortune: The Pragmatics of Uncertainty in Eastern Uganda

Susan Reynolds Whyte

274 pages hardcover

2 editions

nonfiction history medium-paced
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This study of adversity and its social causes in rural Uganda considers how people deal with life's uncertainties--sickness, suffering, marital problems, failure, and death. Divination may identify causes of misfortune, ranging from ancestors and ...

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