Intending the Spirits: Experiencing Vodu Through the “Fetish” in Togo
Early encounters with Africa initiated a European fascination with the “fetish.” Though this term has been extensively problematized, anthropologists have kept the term, reading fetishes as cultural texts and searching to untangle the material assemblages and deep symbols that comprise them. This ar...
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Taylor & Francis
[2020]
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Material religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 16, Issue: 3, Pages: 298-316 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Togo
/ Fetish
/ Voodooism
/ Spirits
/ Embodiment
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RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion AZ New religious movements BB Indigenous religions KBN Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Spirit Possession
B Phenomenological Anthropology B African Traditional Religion B West Africa B Ritual B fetish B vodun / vodu |
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