TY - BOOK AU - Taussig,Michael T. TI - The devil and commodity fetishism in South America SN - 9780807898413 AV - HD82 .T34 2010eb U1 - 338.9 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Chapel Hill [N.C.] PB - University of North Carolina Press KW - Economic development KW - Social aspects KW - Case studies KW - Plantations KW - Colombia KW - Cauca River Valley KW - Tin mines and mining KW - Bolivia KW - Superstition KW - Colombie KW - Cauca, Vallée du KW - Superstitions KW - Études de cas KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Public Policy KW - Economic Policy KW - bisacsh KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS KW - Government & Business KW - Development KW - Economic Development KW - Business Development KW - Structural Adjustment KW - General KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Anthropology KW - Cultural KW - fast KW - Electronic books KW - lcgft KW - rvmgf N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-287) and index; Preface to the Thirtieth Anniversary Edition; Preface; PART I: Fetishism: The Master Trope; PART II: The Plantations of the Cauca Valley, Colombia; PART III: The Bolivian Tin Mines; Conclusion; The Sun Gives without Receiving: A Reinterpretation of the Devil Stories; Bibliography; Index N2 - In this classic book, Taussig explores the social significance of the devil in the folklore of contemporary plantation workers and miners in South America. A new chapter for this anniversary edition features a discussion of Walter Benjamin and Georges Bataille that extends some of the ideas discussed in the original text UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=330173 ER -