Border Fetishisms - Material Objects in Unstable Spaces

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Table des matières

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 Legêne; 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;

A propos de l'auteur

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).

Détails du produit

• Collaboration: Patricia Spyer (Editeur), Spyer Patricia (Editeur)
• Edition: Taylor and Francis
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 20.11.1997
• EAN: 9780415918572
• ISBN: 978-0-415-91857-2
• Pages: 272
• Poids: 510 g
• Thème: Zones of Religion
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Religion: général, ouvrages de référence; Cultural Studies, RELIGION / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Consumer Behavior, HISTORY / Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Religion: general, Social and cultural history, Consumerism