{"product_id":"higher-powers-alcohol-and-after-in-ugandas-capital-city-paperback","title":"Higher Powers: Alcohol and After in Uganda's Capital City - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChina Scherz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGeorge Mpanga\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSarah Namirembe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHigher Powers \u003c\/i\u003edraws on four years of collaborative fieldwork carried out with Ugandans working to reconstruct their lives after attempting to leave behind problematic alcohol use. Given the relatively recent introduction of biomedical ideas of alcoholism and addiction in Uganda, most of these people have used other therapeutic resources, including herbal aversion therapies, engagements with \u003ci\u003ebalubaale\u003c\/i\u003e spirits, and forms of deliverance and spiritual warfare practiced in Pentecostal churches. While these methods are at times severe, they contain within them understandings of the self and practices of sociality that point away from models of addiction as a chronic relapsing brain disease and towards the possibility of release. \u003ci\u003eHigher Powers\u003c\/i\u003e offers a reconceptualization of addiction and recovery that may prove relevant well beyond Uganda.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHigher Powers\u003c\/i\u003e brings into view novel social technologies to treat addiction. China Scherz, George Mpanga, and Sarah Namirembe's captivating narrative offers insights that translate well beyond Uganda, as overdoses and toxic drug markets ravage disrupted communities across the globe.--Helena Hansen, author of \u003ci\u003eAddicted to Christ: Remaking Men in Puerto Rican Pentecostal Drug Ministries\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A brilliant, innovative, and significant contribution. Through evocative ethnographic writing and profound theorizing, the authors illuminate a rich and nuanced assemblage of overlapping worlds that come to life on the pages as one reads. This unique and compelling work will deeply resonate within anthropology and far beyond.\"--Lauren Coyle Rosen, author of \u003ci\u003eFires of Gold: Law, Spirit, and Sacrificial Labor in Ghana\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Carefully observed and lucidly theorized, \u003ci\u003eHigher Powers \u003c\/i\u003eis an engaging ethnography of alcohol, alcoholism, and recovery in Uganda that offers a detailed portrayal of distinctive ways of thinking about and acting on addiction.\"--Jacob Doherty, author of \u003ci\u003eWaste Worlds: Inhabiting Kampala's Infrastructures of Disposability\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChina Scherz\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame and author of \u003ci\u003eHaving People, Having Heart\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eGeorge Mpanga\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eSarah Namirembe\u003c\/b\u003e are independent researchers living in Kampala, Uganda.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 156\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 06, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53008940532019,"sku":"9780520396791","price":69.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/9Eyl3ro1Tc9780520396791.webp?v=1769680279","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/higher-powers-alcohol-and-after-in-ugandas-capital-city-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}