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Titre Pourquoi les femmes ne doivent pas entrer dans les mines... Potosi, Bolivie
Auteur Pascale Absi
Mir@bel Revue L'Homme et la société
Numéro no 146, 4e trimestre 2002 Monument et ville
Rubrique / Thématique
Monument et ville
Page 141-157
Résumé anglais Why Women Should Not Go Into the Mines...Potosi, Bolivia
In Potosi, as in the majority of mining centers in the Andes, it is said that women should not go into the mines because, if they do, the mineral veins will disappear. Examination of the symbolic representations behind this prohibition reveals the social, economic and ideological logics lying behind it. Studying belief in the bad luck caused by women allows an investigation of cultural norms and how social actors appropriate and manipulate it in accordance with other types of considerations.
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