The fetish revisited : Marx, Freud, and the gods Black people make /

Since the early-modern encounter between African and European merchants on the Guinea Coast, European social critics have invoked African gods as metaphors for misplaced value and agency, using the term "fetishism" chiefly to assert the irrationality of their fellow Europeans. Yet, as J. L...

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Main Author:	Matory, James Lorand (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Durham, North Carolina : Duke University Press, [2018]
Subjects:	Marx, Karl, > 1818-1883. Freud, Sigmund, > 1856-1939. Fetishism. Africa > Religion.