Corpse Magic: Echoes Active in the Slayer-Slain Nexus

by Michael Taussig

Corpse Magic examines beliefs about the vengeance the slain can magically enact on their killers, focusing on lethal violence in Colombia and the US.

Corpse Magic is a response to the ubiquity of violence across the world. In this bracing, new work, the influential anthropologist Michael Taussig puts state-sanctioned violence in Colombia related to gangs, guerrilla warfare, and police action in conversation with violence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226837416
• ISBN13: 9780226837413
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.