Download or read book Objects of Special Devotion written by Ray Broadus Browne and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1982 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book demonstrates the importance of the study of fetishes and fetishism in the study of popular culture. Some of the essays cover rather "conventional" manifestations in the world today; others demonstrate the fetishistic qualities of some unusual items. But all illustrate without any doubt that, like the icon, the ritual, and many other items in society, fetishes, fetishism and fetishists must be studied and understood before we can begin to understand the complexity of present-day society.