Modernity and Its Malcontents
Subtitle: Ritual and Power in Postcolonial Africa
Contributors: Jean Comaroff (Editor); John L. Comaroff (Editor)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: November 1, 1993
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780226114408
First sentence: BECAUSE THE BORI CULT OF POSSESSION HAS BEEN REIFIED as an "epiphenomenon" whose practices are merely symbolic and whose impact is restricted to the sphere of ritual, its historical and political significance has been largely overlooked.