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Religious studies

a comparative category for objects treated as having power in themselves, which Pietz traced to cross-cultural encounters on the West African coast.

In religious studies, fetishism refers to a comparative category for objects treated as having power in themselves, which Pietz traced to cross-cultural encounters on the West African coast. This meaning comes from Pietz (1985) in Res: Anthropology and Aesthetics.[1]

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References

Pietz, W. (1985). The Problem of the Fetish, I. Res: Anthropology and Aesthetics, 9, 5-17. https://doi.org/10.1086/resv9n1ms20166719

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