Fetish may refer to:

Anthropological uses

Fetishism A fetish is an object believed to have supernatural powers, or in particular, a human-made object that has power over others. Essentially, fetishism is the attribution of inherent non-material value, or powers, to an object. Talismans and amulet ...

, 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 l ...

, 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, also known as Western Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations geoscheme for Africa#Western Africa, United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 co ...

, in countries of West Africa, a person who serves as a mediator between the spirit and the living

Sexual

Sexual fetishism Sexual fetishism is a sexual fixation on an object or a body part. The object of interest is called the fetish; the person who has a fetish is a fetishist. A sexual fetish may be regarded as a mental disorder if it causes significant psychoso ...

, 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. Fetish magazines are usually devoted to a specific fetish, such as ...

, 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 un ...

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 a range of styles of clothing and fashion accessories derived from the materials, garments and other items used in clothing fetish and other sexual fetish subcultures. They are intended to be extreme, revealing, skimpy or prov ...

List of paraphilias Paraphilias are sexual interests in objects, situations, or individuals that are atypical. The American Psychiatric Association, in its DSM-5, ''Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fifth Edition'' (DSM), draws a distinction between paraphilias ( ...

Arts

* ''Fetish'' (Joan Jett and the Blackhearts album), 1999 * ''Fetish'' (Lolita Milyavskaya album), 2008 * "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, commodity fetishism is the perception of the economic relationships of production and exchange as relationships among things (money and merchandise) rather than among people. As a form of Reification (Marxism), reificati ...

, a Marxist concept of valuation in capitalist markets *

Venturi Fétish The Venturi Fétish was an early-2000s two-seater limited-production electric car, electric sports car. The car was built by Venturi Automobiles, Venturi in Monaco, and the design of the car was done by the Parisian designers Sacha Lakic. It hold ...

, an electric sports car produced by Venturi * ''

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