Fetish may refer to:

Anthropological uses

Fetishism A fetish (derived from the French , which comes from the Portuguese , and this in turn from Latin , 'artificial' and , 'to make') is an object believed to have supernatural powers, or in particular, a human-made object that has power over oth ...

, the attribution of religious or mystical qualities to inanimate objects, known as fetishes *

Zuni fetishes Zuni fetishes are small carvings made from primarily stone but also shell, fossils, and other materials by the Zuni people. Within the Zuni community, these carvings serve ceremonial purposes for their creators and depict animals and icons integ ...

, small carvings from various stones made by the Zuni Indians *

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 *

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

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 **

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 ...

Fetish subculture Sexuality and gender identity-based cultures are subcultures and communities composed of people who have shared experiences, backgrounds, or interests due to common sexual or gender identities. Among the first to argue that members of sexual mi ...

, a social movement constructed around sexual fetishism *

Fetish magazine A fetish magazine is a type of magazine originating in the late 1940s which is devoted to sexual fetishism. The content is generally aimed at being erotic rather than pornographic. The most well-known early examples are ''Bizarre'' (1946-1959) p ...

, a type of erotic magazine *

Fetish art Fetish art is art that depicts people in fetishistic situations such as S&M, domination/submission, bondage, transvestism and the like, sometimes in combination. It may simply depict a person dressed in fetish clothing, which could include und ...

List of fetish artists A fetish artist is a sculptor, illustrator, or painter who makes fetish art: art related to sexual fetishism and fetishistic acts. Fetish artists, 1930s–1990s * Charles Guyette * John Willie * Eric Stanton (a.k.a. John Bee, Savage, Stanten) * ...

Fetish fashion Fetish fashion is any style or appearance in the form of a type of clothing or accessory, created to be extreme or provocative in a fetishistic manner. These styles are by definition not worn by the majority of people; if everyone wears an it ...

Arts

* ''Fetish'' (album), a 1999 album by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts * "Fetish" (song), a 2017 song by Selena Gomez * Fetish, a fictional superheroine in the ''

Bomb Queen Bomb Queen is an American fictional comic book character, created by Jimmie Robinson. She first appeared in Image Comics' ''Bomb Queen'' Vol. 1, #1, and has subsequently appeared in eight limited series, four single-issue specials, and a crossover ...

'' series * ''

The Great Fetish ''The Great Fetish'' is a science fiction novel by American writer L. Sprague de Camp. It was first published in ''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'' in two parts, as "Heretic in a Balloon" and "The Witches of Manhattan", in the issues for ...

'', a science fiction novel by L. Sprague de Camp

Business

Commodity fetishism In Marxist philosophy, the term commodity fetishism describes the economic relationships of production and exchange as being social relationships that exist among things (money and merchandise) and not as relationships that exist among people ...

, a Marxist concept of valuation in capitalist markets *

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 * ''

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 {{Disambiguation