{"product_id":"modernity-its-malcontents-ritual-and-power-in-postcolonial-africa-9780226114392","title":"Modernity  Its Malcontents Ritual and Power in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat role does ritual play in the lives of modern Africans? How are traditional cultural forms deployed by people seeking empowerment in a world where modernity has failed to deliver. In this collection of essays, the authors address such concepts as modernity, ritual, power and history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1:  Introduction Jean and John Comaroff Part I:  (Re)visions of Power, Ritual (Trans)formations Chapter 2:  Narratives of Power, Images of Wealth:  The Ritual Economy of Bori in the Market Adeline Masquelier Chapter 3:  Chewa Visions and Revisions of Power:  Transformations of the Nyau Dance in Central Malawi Deborah Kaspin Chapter 4:  Government by Seduction:  History and the Tropes of \"Mounting\" in Oyo-Yoruba Religion J. Lorand Matory Part II:  Moral Economics, Modern Politics, Mystical Struggles Chapter 5:  The Moral Economy of Witchcraft:  An Essay in Comparative History Ralph A. Austen Chapter 6:  Attinga Revisited:  Yoruba Witchcraft and the Cocoa Economy, 1950-1951 Andrew Apter Chapter 7:  Bloodhounds Who Have No Friends:  Witchcraft and Locality in the Nigerian Popular Press Misty L. Bastian  Chapter 8:  \"Open the Wombs!\":  The Symbolic Politics of Modern Ngoni Witchfinding Mark Auslander Chapter 9:  Black Stomachs, Beautiful Stones:  Soul-eating among Hausa in Niger Pamela G. Schmoll","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036484567383,"sku":"9780226114392","price":80.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226114392.jpg?v=1750932191","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/modernity-its-malcontents-ritual-and-power-in-postcolonial-africa-9780226114392","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}