Fetish may refer to:
Anthropological uses
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Fetishism, the attribution of religious or mystical qualities to inanimate objects, known as fetishes
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Zuni fetishes, small carvings from various stones made by the Zuni Indians
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Imiut fetish
The Imiut fetish (''jmy-wt'') is a religious object that has been documented throughout the history of ancient Egypt. It was a stuffed, headless animal skin, often of a feline or bull. This fetish was tied by the tail to a pole, terminating in a ...
, in ancient Egypt a stuffed, headless animal skin tied by the tail to a pole
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Fetish priest
In Ghana, Togo, Benin and other countries of West Africa
West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghan ...
, in countries of West Africa, a person who serves as a mediator between the spirit and the living
Sexual
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Sexual fetishism
Sexual fetishism or erotic fetishism is a sexual fixation on a nonliving object or nongenital body part. The object of interest is called the fetish; the person who has ''a fetish'' for that object is a fetishist. A sexual fetish may be regard ...
, a sexual attraction to objects or body parts of lesser sexual importance (or none at all) such as feet, toes or certain types of clothing
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Racial fetishism
Concepts of race and sexuality have interacted in various ways in different historical contexts. While partially based on physical similarities within groups, race is understood by scientists to be a social construct rather than a biological re ...
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Fetish subculture, a social movement constructed around sexual fetishism
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Fetish magazine, a type of erotic magazine
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Fetish art
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List of fetish artists
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Fetish fashion
Arts
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''Fetish'' (album), a 1999 album by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
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"Fetish" (song), a 2017 song by Selena Gomez
* Fetish, a fictional superheroine in the ''
Bomb Queen'' series
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The Great Fetish'', a science fiction novel by L. Sprague de Camp
Business
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Commodity fetishism, a Marxist concept of valuation in capitalist markets
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Venturi Fétish
The Venturi Fétish was an early-2000s two-seat limited-production electric sports car. It was built by Venturi in Monaco, and the design of the car was done by the Parisian designers Sacha Lakic. It holds the title of being the first electric s ...
, a car produced by Venturi Automobilesiguation
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Growth Fetish
''Growth Fetish'' is a book about economics and politics by the Australian progressive political theorist Clive Hamilton. Published in 2003 it became a best-seller in Australia.
The book argues that the policies of unfettered capitalism pursued b ...
'', a 2003 book by Clive Hamilton advocating a zero-growth economy among "developed" nations
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