| Titre | Le dédain de la mort et la force du cadavre. Souillure et purification d'un meurtrier lobi (Burkina/ Haute-Volta) | |
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| Auteur | Michèle Fiéloux, Pierre Bonnafé | |
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Revue | Etudes rurales |
| Numéro | no 95-96, 1984 La violence | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Ethnographie de la violence |
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| Page | 63-87 | |
| Résumé anglais |
The Disdain of Death and the Corpse's Power. Defilement and Purification of a Lobi
(Burkina)
Among the Lobi of Burkina (Haute-Volta), the years 1920-1930 saw numerous armed conflicts (vengeance and wars). What were the factors that made them necessary in the social context ? What was the warrior's role ? Why did they have to be purified after the murder of an ennemi ? Violence, as a practice, was instilled in informal age sets. Its exercice established homicide brotherhoods, competing for courage and proudly distinguishing themselves from the rest of society. To kill even one's pure ennemi is defiling, comparable to the destruction of certain powerful animals or certain anciently known plants. These acts all require purification rituals and specific funerals. But the communal characteristics of social relationships, the equivalence and separation of the groups involved, lead to a strange reversal. The disdain of death is followed by fear of the corpse : real and imaginary vengeance coexist. And to eliminate one's opponent is to kill one's likeness. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rural_0014-2182_1984_num_95_1_3019 |
