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fetishization effect: the manipulation power of the Machete in the Rwandan Genocide.
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]The fetishization effect: the manipulation power of the Machete in the Rwandan Genocide.
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call numberP967.57104/001
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]10331
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Equinox Publishing
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2018
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Loose-leaf
NotesArticle from the journal 'Implicit Religious'
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
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.