The Ghost in the Machine
As capitalism spread in South America, local people made sense of their misery by telling stories of devils, demons, and hauntings.
Michael Taussig is an anthropologist and the author of many books, including The Devil and Commodity Fetishism in South America and Shamanism, Colonialism, and the Wild Man.
As capitalism spread in South America, local people made sense of their misery by telling stories of devils, demons, and hauntings.