"He used fetish charms to woo me, but he did not succeed," she says.
This kind of passionate public embrace struck me as astonishing for anyone, let alone a clothing designer, let alone one who had long been thought of as a bit subversive for having dressed men in skirts and used fetish fabrics like rubber and latex in haute couture, and for having once made a dress out of bread.
"He used fetishes and magic on several occasions.
Dr. Schor found many ways that women in Sand's novels used fetishes, which are usually considered a male preoccupation.
But people of West African heritage, who migrated to Amazonia during the rubber boom of the late 19th century, may have melded local legends about the boto with their own religious practices, which include the ritualistic use of fetishes.
The person was transformed into or transubstantiation took place, using the fetish elements, they became those entities" (Kieltyka, 2006c).
Small animal figures are used as fetishes in hunting.
"I felt used like a fetish," she said.
Enthusiasts for free markets have turned liquidity into a bit of a fetish, using it to justify the activities of high-frequency traders, as highlighted in Michael Lewis's recent book, "Flash Boys".
The original inhabitants, indigenous people living in the country's interior, fear the boto in addition to respecting its supernatural romantic powers, Hrbek says; they have taboos against killing the boto and appear not to use boto love fetishes.
The writers did not initially know what the "unsavory" sexual preference would be, but eventually decided on a fish fetish, using a suggestion from executive producer James L. Brooks.
