Border Fetishisms
Material Objects in Unstable Spaces
1st Edition
Published on 23. July 2013
272 pages
978-1-136-67409-9 (ISBN)
Description
The essays in Border Fetishisms explore the cultural, commercial, political and erotic dimensions that distinguish fetish formations in fractured colonial and postcolonial spaces. Spanning such topics as Surinamese conversion to Christianity to shoplifting in Georgian England, to face the fetish, the contributors neither demagicalize the fetish nor normalize the commodity. Instead, they call for the inclusion of material things -- as fetishes or not -- within the experience of human sufferings and joy. Contributors: Robert J. Foster, Webb Keane, Susan Leg6~ne, Annelies Moors, Peter Pels, William Pietz, Adela Pinch, Patricia Spyer, Peter Stallybrass, Michael Taussig.
Reviews / Votes
"...this collection should be of interest to area specialists and postmodern metatheorists." -- NovaReligio"the authors demonstrate very clearly the hybrid nature of the fetish." -- Frank J. Korom Religious Studies Review
"Very useful for any scholar of religion interested in the intersection between materials objects, ritual, economic activity, and political ideology, or in Marxist theory." -- Religious Studies Review
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
5,36 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-136-67409-9 (9781136674099)
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Person
Patricia Spyer is Assistant Professor at the Research Center for Religion and Society, University of Amsterdam. She is the author of The Memory of Trade (1997).
Content
Introduction, Patricia Spyer; Chapter 1 Calvin in the Tropics: Objects and Subjects at the Religious Frontier, Webb Keane; Chapter 2 From Brooms to Obeah and Back: Fetish Conversion and Border Crossings in Nineteenth-Century Suriname, Susan Legene; Chapter 3 Your Money, Our Money, the Government's Money: Finance and Fetishism in Melanesia, Robert J. Foster; Chapter 4 The Spirit of Matter: On Fetish, Rarity, Fact, and Fancy, Peter Pels; Chapter 5 Stealing Happiness: Shoplifting in Early Nineteenth-Century England, Adela Pinch; Chapter 6 The Tooth of Time, or Taking a Look at the "Look" of Clothing in Late Nineteenth-Century Aru, Patricia Spyer; Chapter 7 Marx's Coat, Peter Stallybrass; Chapter 8 Wearing Gold, Annelies Moors; Chapter 9 Crossing the Face, Michael Taussig; Afterword: How to Grow Oranges in Norway, William Pietz;
