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Michael Taussig
The Magic of the State [PDF ebook]

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Set in the enchanted mountain of a spirit-queen presiding over an unnamed, postcolonial country, this ethnographic work of ficto-criticism recreates in written form the shrines by which the dead–notably the fetishized forms of Europe»s Others, Indians and Blacks–generate the magical powers of the modern state.

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Formato PDF ● Páginas 216 ● ISBN 9781135249045 ● Editorial Taylor and Francis ● Publicado 2013 ● Descargable 6 veces ● Divisa EUR ● ID 2815530 ● Protección de copia Adobe DRM

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