The Devil and Commodity Fetishism in South America by Michael Taussig

The Devil and Commodity Fetishism in South America

Michael Taussig

264 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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In this classic book, Michael Taussig explores the social significance of the devil in the folklore of contemporary plantation workers and miners in South America. Grounding his analysis in Marxist theory, Taussig finds that the fetishization of e...

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