Society and Social Sciences, Sociology and Anthropology, Anthropology, Social and Cultural Anthropology
The Devil and Commodity Fetishism in South America

The Devil and Commodity Fetishism in South America

Paperback Published on: 24/01/1983
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Synopsis

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 evil, in the image of the devil, is an image which mediates the conflict between precapitalist and capitalist modes of objectifying the human condition.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
  • ISBN: 9780807841068
  • Number of pages: 264
  • Dimensions: 230 x 150 x 20 mm
  • Weight: 404g
  • Languages: English