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.
The Magic of the State
$50.28 - $62.85
- UPC:
- 9780415917919
- Maximum Purchase:
- 2 units
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 1997-02-06
- Release Date:
- 1997-06-02
- Author:
- Michael Taussig
- Language:
- english
- Edition:
- 1