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The Sex Thieves – The Anthropology of a Rumor

Af: Julien Bonhomme, Philippe Descola, Dominic Horsfall Engelsk Paperback

The Sex Thieves – The Anthropology of a Rumor

Af: Julien Bonhomme, Philippe Descola, Dominic Horsfall Engelsk Paperback
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While working in Africa, anthropologist Julien Bonhomme encountered an astonishing phenomenon: people being accused of stealing or shrinking the genitals of strangers on the simple occasion of a handshake on the street. As he soon discovered, these accusations can have dramatic outcomes: the "sex thieves" are often targeted by large crowds and publicly lynched. Moreover, such rumors are an extremely widespread practice, having affected almost half of the African continent since the 1970s. In this book, Bonhomme examines the story of the "penis snatcher," asking larger questions about how to account for such a phenomenon unique in its spatial and temporal scale without falling prey to the cliche of Africa as an exotic other. Bonhomme argues that the public belief in sex thieves cannot be considered a superstition or form of mass hysteria. Rather, he brings to light multiple factors that explain the rumor's success and shows how the cultural dynamic can operate on a vast scale. Analyzing the rumor on both transnational and local levels, he demonstrates how it arises from the ambiguities and dangers of anonymity, and thus that it reveals an occult flipside to everyday social interaction. Altogether, this book provides both richly ethnographic and theoretical understandings of urban sociality and the dynamics of human communication in contemporary Africa and beyond.
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While working in Africa, anthropologist Julien Bonhomme encountered an astonishing phenomenon: people being accused of stealing or shrinking the genitals of strangers on the simple occasion of a handshake on the street. As he soon discovered, these accusations can have dramatic outcomes: the "sex thieves" are often targeted by large crowds and publicly lynched. Moreover, such rumors are an extremely widespread practice, having affected almost half of the African continent since the 1970s. In this book, Bonhomme examines the story of the "penis snatcher," asking larger questions about how to account for such a phenomenon unique in its spatial and temporal scale without falling prey to the cliche of Africa as an exotic other. Bonhomme argues that the public belief in sex thieves cannot be considered a superstition or form of mass hysteria. Rather, he brings to light multiple factors that explain the rumor's success and shows how the cultural dynamic can operate on a vast scale. Analyzing the rumor on both transnational and local levels, he demonstrates how it arises from the ambiguities and dangers of anonymity, and thus that it reveals an occult flipside to everyday social interaction. Altogether, this book provides both richly ethnographic and theoretical understandings of urban sociality and the dynamics of human communication in contemporary Africa and beyond.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 192
ISBN-13: 9780986132582
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0986132586
Kategori: Social- & Kulturantropologi
Udg. Dato: 15 nov 2016
Længde: 2mm
Bredde: 229mm
Højde: 154mm
Forlag: HAU
Oplagsdato: 15 nov 2016
Forfatter(e): Julien Bonhomme, Philippe Descola, Dominic Horsfall
Forfatter(e) Julien Bonhomme, Philippe Descola, Dominic Horsfall

Kategori Social- & Kulturantropologi

ISBN-13 9780986132582

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 192

Udgave

Længde 2mm

Bredde 229mm

Højde 154mm

Udg. Dato 15 nov 2016

Oplagsdato 15 nov 2016

Forlag HAU

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