The Magic of the State

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
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Author: Michael Taussig ISBN: 9781135249113
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: October 18, 2013
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Michael Taussig
ISBN: 9781135249113
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: October 18, 2013
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

Set in the enchanted mountain of a spirit-queen presiding over an unnamed, postcolonial country, this ethnographic work of ficto-criticism recreates in written form the shrines by which the dead--notably the fetishized forms of Europe's Others, Indians and Blacks--generate the magical powers of the modern state.

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Set in the enchanted mountain of a spirit-queen presiding over an unnamed, postcolonial country, this ethnographic work of ficto-criticism recreates in written form the shrines by which the dead--notably the fetishized forms of Europe's Others, Indians and Blacks--generate the magical powers of the modern state.

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