{"product_id":"higher-powers-china-scherz-9780520396791","title":"Higher Powers: Alcohol and After in Uganda's Capital City","description":"\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 \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e China Scherz,George Mpanga,Sarah Namirembe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520396790\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520396791\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/06\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d","brand":"China Scherz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086711369983,"sku":"9780520396791","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_15503692-9954-4229-bb4c-331fe6c5d650.jpg?v=1769096137","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/higher-powers-china-scherz-9780520396791","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}