fetishization effect: the manipulation power of the Machete in the Rwandan Genocide.
TitreThe fetishization effect: the manipulation power of the Machete in the Rwandan Genocide.
Auteur
Call numberP967.57104/001
N° d'objet10331
Lieu de publicationSydney, New South Wales, Australia
EditeurEquinox Publishing
Année de publication
2018
MatérielOuvrage à feuillets mobiles
NotesArticle from the journal 'Implicit Religious'
Description
The author explores the phenomenon of the 'fetishization' effect of the machete during the Rwandan genocide. By imparting an almost divine identity to the inanimate machete,Hutu murderers were encouraged to feel absolved from their crimes of violence towards their Tutsi victims.