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Title
Forms of fetishism in Kinshasa: historical insights and contemporary practices |
Date
2013 |
Author(s)
Trapido, Joe |
Abstract
This chapter looks at the contemporary use of objects commonly known as fetishes by people in Kinshasa. Conceptualised as objects which trap or house powerful forces from the dead, the chapter looks at contemporary ideologies about such objects in the context the religious history of the region |
Subject(s)
Department of Anthropology and Sociology |
Publisher
I.B. Tauris |
Relation
http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/16772/ |
Type of publication
Book Chapters; NonPeerReviewed |
Identifier
Trapido, Joe (2013) 'Forms of fetishism in Kinshasa: historical insights and contemporary practices.' In: Making Spirits: materiality and transcendance in contemporary religion. London: I.B. Tauris. (Library of modern religion) |
Repository
London - SOAS, University of London
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