Questioning Misfortune: The Pragmatics of Uncertainty in Eastern Uganda

by Susan Reynolds Whyte

Book Overview

Some of the most interesting ethnographies of experience are concerned to highlight the indeterminate nature of life. Questioning Misfortune is very much within this tradition. Based on a long-term study of adversity and its social causes in Bunyole, eastern Uganda, it considers the way in which people deal with uncertainties of life, such as sickness, suffering, marital problems, failure, and death. Divination may identify causes of misfortune, ranging...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521595584
• ISBN13: 9780521595582
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"