Border Fetishisms: Material Objects in

The essays inBorder Fetishismsexplore the cultural, commercial, political and erotic dimensions that distinguish fetish formations in fractured colonial and postcolonial spaces. Spanning such topics as Surinamese conversion to Christianity to shoplifting in Georgian England, to face the fetish, the contributors neither demagicalize the fetish nor normalize the commodity. Instead, they call for the inclusion of material things -- as fetishes or not -- within the experience of human sufferings and joy. Contributors:Robert J. Foster, Webb Keane, Susan Leg6~ne, Annelies Moors, Peter Pels, William Pietz, Adela Pinch, Patricia Spyer, Peter Stallybrass, Michael Taussig.

Illustrations

vii

Acknowledgments

ix

Introduction

1

(12)

Patricia Spyer

Calvin in the Tropics: Objects and Subjects at the Religious Frontier

13

(22)

Webb Keane

From Brooms to Obeah and Back: Fetish Conversion and Border Crossings in Nineteenth-Century Suriname

35

(25)

Susan Legene

Your Money, Our Money, the Government's Money: Finance and Fetishism in Melanesia

60

(31)

Robert J. Foster

The Spirit of Matter: On Fetish, Rarity, Fact, and Fancy

91

(31)

Peter Pels

Stealing Happiness: Shoplifting in Early Nineteenth-Century England

122

(28)

Adela Pinch

The Tooth of Time, or Taking a Look at the ``Look'' of Clothing in Late Nineteenth-Century Aru

150

(33)

Patricia Spyer

Marx's Coat

183

(25)

Peter Stallybrass

Wearing Gold

208

(16)

Annelies Moors

Crossing the Face

224

(21)

Michael Taussig

Afterword: How to Grow Oranges in Norway

245

(8)

William Pietz

Contributors

253

(2)

Index

255

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Border Fetishisms: Material Objects in Unstable Spaces

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