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The Magic of the State

By Michael Taussig

Paperback | 9780415917919

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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 Continue

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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Book Details

  • English Books
  • Paperback 232 Pages
  • Edition: 1
  • ISBN-10: 0415917913
  • ISBN-13: 9780415917919
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Pub date: Nov 01, 1996
  • Dimensions: 1484 mm x 968 mm x 65 mm Just how big is that?
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