In this classic book, Michael Taussig explores the social significance of the Devil in the folklore of contemporary plantation workers and miners in South America.
He links traditional narratives of the devil-pact, in which the soul is bartered for illusory or transitory power, w.
Grounding his analysis in Marxist theory, Taussig finds that the fetishization of evil, in the image of the devil, mediates the conflict between precapitalist and capitalist modes of objectifying the human condition.
In this classic book, Michael Taussig explores the social significance of the Devil in the folklore of contemporary plantation workers and miners in South America