Border fetishisms
Subtitle: material objects in unstable spaces
By: edited by Patricia Spyer.
Contributors: Spyer, Patricia, 1957-
Series: Zones of religion
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
Subjects: Fetishism -- Congresses.; Acculturation -- Congresses.; Colonies -- Congresses.
Description: The essays here explore the varied nature of commodity fetishism in colonial & post-colonial spaces. Using case studies the contributors call for the inclusion of material things within the wider human experience.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This book is the result of a conference with the title "Border fetishisms" that was held in December 1995 at the Research Center Religion and Society at the University of Amsterdam"--Acknowledgements.