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Title: OBJECTS OF SPECIAL DEVOTION
By: Browne
Format: Paperback

List price: £18.95


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ISBN 10: 0879721928
ISBN 13: 9780879721923
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PRESS
Pub. date: 15 June, 1982
Pages: 364
Description: This book demonstrates the importance of the study of fetishes and fetishism in the study of popular culture. Some of the essays cover rather "conventional" manifestations in the world today; others demonstrate the fetishistic qualities of some unusual items. But all illustrate without any doubt that, like the icon, the ritual, and many other items in society, fetishes, fetishism and fetishists must be studied and understood before we can begin to understand the complexity of present-day society."
Illustrations: ill
Publication: US
Imprint: Bowling Green University Popular Press,US
Returns: Non-returnable
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