Questioning misfortune: the pragmatics of uncertainty in eastern Uganda

Susan Reynolds Whyte

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Introduction Part I. An Uncertain World: 1. Misfortune and uncertainty 2. The pursuit of health and prosperity 3. Going to ask Part II. 'What You Cannot See': The Revelations of Spirits: 4. At home with the dead 5. The fertility of clanship 6. Little spirits and child survival Part III. 'You Will Know Me': The Opacity of Humans: 7. Speaking of morality 8. Substances and secrecy Part IV. The Pragmatics of Uncertainty: 9. More questions 10. Consequences. Notes References Index.

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