The devil and commodity fetishism in South America /

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In this classic book, Taussig explores the social significance of the devil in the folklore of contemporary plantation workers and miners in South America. A new chapter for this anniversary edition features a discussion of Walter Benjamin and Georges Bataille that extends some of the ideas discusse...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Taussig, Michael T.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill [N.C.] : University of North Carolina Press, ©2010.
Edition:30th anniversary ed. /
Subjects:
Economic development > Social aspects > Case studies.
Plantations > Colombia > Cauca River Valley.
Tin mines and mining > Bolivia.
Superstition > Case studies.
Plantations > Colombie > Cauca, Vallée du.
Superstitions > Études de cas.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Structural Adjustment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Economic development > Social aspects
Plantations
Superstition
Tin mines and mining
Bolivia
Colombia > Cauca River Valley
Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface to the Thirtieth Anniversary Edition; Preface; PART I: Fetishism: The Master Trope; PART II: The Plantations of the Cauca Valley, Colombia; PART III: The Bolivian Tin Mines; Conclusion; The Sun Gives without Receiving: A Reinterpretation of the Devil Stories; Bibliography; Index.

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