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100 1 a| Taussig, Michael T.=| ^A118907;

245 14 a| The magic of the state /c| Michael Taussig.;

260 a| New York :b| Routledge,c| 1997.;

300 a| 206 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| textb| txt2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediatedb| n2| rdamedia;

338 a| volumeb| nc2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-206) and ind.;

520 a| Enter an ethnographically surreal work located in a fictive Latin American country: The Magic of the State focuses on the theater of spirit possession at a Spirit Queen's enchanted mountain where the dead - Blacks and Indians, Europe's fetishized others - pass into the bodies of the living, creating a circulation of ecstatic bodily power. Employing Bataille's concept of the sacred, Taussig draws on his extensive fieldwork to create his own theater of spirit possession. He then traces the circulation of power, along with its dada-like transformations between spirit and matter, everywhere - through popular shrines, official monuments and slogans, money, the police, automobiles, taxis, the freeway system, and the stealing of the sword of state.;

650 0 a| Political culturez| South America.=| ^A218085;

650 0 a| Allegiancez| South America.=| ^A23479;

650 0 a| Patriotismz| South America.=| ^A98766;

650 0 a| Martyrsz| South America.=| ^A42484;

650 0 a| Spirit possessionz| South America.=| ^A56901;

650 0 a| Symbolism in politicsz| South America.=| ^A144601;

651 0 a| South Americax| Colonial influence.=| ^A83201;

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653 00 a| psychologie;

653 00 a| psychology;

653 00 a| bewustzijn (consciousness);

653 00 a| consciousness;

653 00 a| etnografie;

653 00 a| ethnography;

653 00 a| antropologie;

653 00 a| anthropology;

653 00 a| politiek;

653 00 a| politics;

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653 00 a| colonization;

653 00 a| migratie;

653 00 a| migration;

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653 00 a| settlement;

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653 00 a| south america;

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The magic of the state / Michael Taussig.

Author/creator	Taussig, Michael T.
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Routledge, 1997.
Description	206 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Kostenfrei
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Subjects	Political culture--South America. Allegiance--South America. Patriotism--South America. Martyrs--South America. Spirit possession--South America. Symbolism in politics--South America. South America--Colonial influence.

Abstract	Enter an ethnographically surreal work located in a fictive Latin American country: The Magic of the State focuses on the theater of spirit possession at a Spirit Queen's enchanted mountain where the dead - Blacks and Indians, Europe's fetishized others - pass into the bodies of the living, creating a circulation of ecstatic bodily power. Employing Bataille's concept of the sacred, Taussig draws on his extensive fieldwork to create his own theater of spirit possession. He then traces the circulation of power, along with its dada-like transformations between spirit and matter, everywhere - through popular shrines, official monuments and slogans, money, the police, automobiles, taxis, the freeway system, and the stealing of the sword of state.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-206) and ind.
LCCN	96013469
ISBN	0415917905 (acid-free paper)
ISBN	9780415917902 (acid-free paper)
ISBN	0415917913 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
ISBN	9780415917919 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)

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