| Titre | L'involontaire retour des morts aux Antilles | |
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| Auteur | Christiane Bougerol | |
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Revue | Etudes rurales |
| Numéro | no 105-106, 1987 Retour des morts | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Études et recherches |
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| Page | 243-255 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Unwilling Return of the Dead in French West Indies
In the French West Indies, a person who is bewitched thinks that his sorceror has sent him a "dead". This persecuting agent, displaced from the kingdom of the dead, is animated by the sorceror's sole desire to harm. However, the deceased aspiring to rest in peace, we may wonder about these "dead" which can be manipulated by a living human. Those who passed away quickly fade into a sort of stock of dead beings, where they loose their personalities, social identities and intentionalities ; they are not ancestors. They reflect something of the Antillan social history of a society breaking with its past, as is the case for displaced people without territoriality. This mobility of the deceased is best illustrated by the Haitian figure of the zombi or living dead. We think it akin to the notion of "dead" of the French West Indies. The one and the other are typical cultural creations of black America and can be considered as symbolic representations of the slaves transplanted from Africa. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rural_0014-2182_1987_num_105_1_3192 |
