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1 online resource (366 pages) |
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Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abstract; Introduction and Background. On Matters of Violence, Ontologies and Resilience; The research site: contextualising matters of violence and resilience; Buhera and some issues in the broader Shona context; Chivanhu and modes of resilience; Aims and objectives; Theoretical/conceptual framework; Methodology; Participant observation; Sampling and unstructured interviews; Other sources of data; Ethics; Chapter outlines; Chapter One -- Resilience or Sacrifice? Droughts and Knowledge Translation |
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The worlds, entities and knowledge practices related to droughts and rainsConclusion; Chapter Two -- The Mhepo, Mweya and Ruzivo: Knowing, Sensing and Resilience; Brief notes on violence and matters of knowledge; Prophesy, dreaming and divination; Knowledge and witchcraft-related violence; Ruzivo and resilience; Chapter Three -- Ethics Beyond Bodies? Ukama, Violence and Resilience; Brief notes on politics of violence and the violence of politics; Ukama, mhepo and mweya; Ukama and the coloniality of violence; A return to some key issues |
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Chapter Four -- On Economies of Kutenda: Agency, Action and Resilience Against Economic AdversitiesA brief look at economic challenges; Agency, action and openness? resilience in everyday life economies; Kutenda; Chapter Five -- Sensing Presences? Health, Illness and Resilience; Some brief notes on health and resilience; The manifestations, comings and goings of everyday life; A return to a few key issues about presences and absences; Conclusion; Glossary of Terms; Bibliography; Back cover |
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Print version record |
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Resilience (Personality trait) -- Zimbabwe -- Manicaland Province
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Shona (African people) -- Economic conditions
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Shona (African people) -- Social conditions
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HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- General.
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HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- Republic of South Africa.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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Economic history
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Resilience (Personality trait)
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Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
Manicaland Province (Zimbabwe) -- Economic conditions
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Manicaland Province (Zimbabwe) -- Social conditions
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| Subject |
Zimbabwe -- Manicaland Province
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789956764303 |
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9956764302 |
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