The Gospel Sounds Like the Witch's Spell : Dealing with Misfortune among the Jopadhola of Eastern Uganda

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The Gospel Sounds Like the Witch's Spell is a highly detailed ethnography about how the Jopadhola in eastern Uganda talk about, interpret and cope with death, illness and other misfortunes.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Umeya, Kiyoshi
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Langaa RPCIG, 2022.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Witchcraft > Uganda.
Blessing and cursing > Uganda.
Jopadhola (African people) > Religion.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • About the Author
  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgements for the English Version
  • Acknowledgements for the Original Japanese Version
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Same Facts, Different Interpretations
  • The Politicians of the Amin's Regime
  • The Adhola Interpretation
  • Multiple Side Stories
  • Structure of this Volume
  • Survey Duration
  • Introduction
  • I. Aims
  • 1. 'Aetiologies of Misfortune'
  • 2. Three Contexts
  • 3. The 'Non-Causality' of 'Causes of Misfortune'
  • 4. 'Causes of Misfortune' as Abduction
  • 5. Multiple 'Causes', Multiple 'Narratives'
  • 6. Empiricism and Rationalism
  • 7. The Spider's Web
  • 8. The Direction of this Volume
  • II. The Subjects
  • 1. The Padhola and the Adhola
  • 2. The People Called Adhola
  • 3. History
  • 4. The Adhola Union
  • 5. The Patrilieal Clan, Nono
  • 6. The Acceptance of Christianity and Politics
  • 7. Overview of the Were Faith
  • 8. Previous Research on the Adhola
  • III. Materials and Methods
  • 1. Methodology
  • 2. Texts
  • PART I
  • Chapter 1
  • Tuwo: Illness Categories
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Materials
  • 1. Lifuoli and Tuwo
  • 2. Types of Tuwo
  • III. Material Analysis and Discussion
  • 1. 'Hygiene' Embodied
  • 2. Aetiologies of Disease
  • 3. Botho Tuwo Nyapadhola and Yath Nyapadhola
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 2
  • 'Aetiologies of Misfortune'
  • I. Introduction
  • II. The Texts
  • 1. Jwogi
  • 2. Ghosts (Tipo) of the Murdered
  • 3. Ayira (Poison)
  • 4. 'Curses' ( Lam)
  • III. Material Analysis and Discussion
  • Chapter 3
  • The Notion of Jajwok
  • I. Introduction
  • II. The Texts
  • 1. Types of Jajwok
  • 2. Who is a Night Dancer?
  • 3. The Night Dancer Lacks Self-Awareness
  • 4. Prescribed Ways to Torture and Execute
  • 5. Eyewitness Accounts of Night Dancers
  • 6. Capturing a Night Dancer, Part 1
  • 7.Capturing a Night Dancer, Part 2
  • 8. Jajwok Identity Unknown
  • III. Discussion and Summary
  • Chapter 4
  • The Jamigimba Concept
  • I. Introduction
  • II. The Texts
  • 1. The jamigimba Do Exist
  • 2. The Jamigimba's Powers
  • 3. Inherited or Bought
  • 4. The Jamigimba's Ritual
  • 5. Wang Koth ('Eyes of Rain')
  • 6. Hunting Jamigimba
  • 7. Jamigimba Eyewitness Accounts
  • III. Conclusion
  • 1 The Ontology of the Jamigimba and Wang Koth
  • 2 The Existence of the Powers of the Jamigimba and the Efficacy of Their Medicines
  • 3 Inheritance or Purchase
  • 4 The Connection with the Local Community
  • 5 The Jamigimba Rituals
  • 6 The Wang Koth
  • Chapter 5
  • The Tipo Notion
  • I. Introduction
  • II. The Tipo
  • 1. The Term 'Tipo'
  • 2. What are the Tipo?
  • 3. 'Bad luck' is also the Tipo's Fault
  • 4. Sending a Tipo
  • 5. Despite No Involvement
  • 6. Tipo as Symptoms: Dialogue
  • 7. Tipo as Symptoms: Dialogue 2
  • 8. The Spirits of Those Killed in Battle, Accidents and Suicides
  • 9. A Person's Death, Funeral and Tipo

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