Contingency, Creativity and Conflict in Western Kenya
by
Paul Wenzel Geissler, Ruth Jane Prince
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Based on several years of ethnographic fieldwork, the book explores life in and around a Luo-speaking village in western Kenya during a time of death. The epidemic of HIV/AIDS affects every aspect of sociality and pervades villagers' debates about the past, the future and the ethics of everyday life....