fetishization effect: the manipulation power of the Machete in the Rwandan Genocide.
НазваниеThe fetishization effect: the manipulation power of the Machete in the Rwandan Genocide.
Автор
Call numberP967.57104/001
Номер объекта10331
Место публикацииSydney, New South Wales, Australia
ИздательEquinox Publishing
Год выпуска
2018
МатериалLoose-leaf
NotesArticle from the journal 'Implicit Religious'
Описание
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.