fetishization effect: the manipulation power of the Machete in the Rwandan Genocide.
TitelThe fetishization effect: the manipulation power of the Machete in the Rwandan Genocide.
Auteur
Call numberP967.57104/001
Objectnummer10331
Plaats van uitgaveSydney, New South Wales, Australia
UitgeverEquinox Publishing
Jaar van uitgave
2018
MateriaalLosbladig
NotesArticle from the journal 'Implicit Religious'
Beschrijving
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.