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The Sex Thieves: The Anthropology of a Rumor
Julien Bonhomme
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Description for The Sex Thieves: The Anthropology of a Rumor
Paperback. Translator(s): Horsfall, Dominic. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 2. Weight in Grams: 296.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
HAU
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
IL, United States
ISBN
9780986132582
SKU
V9780986132582
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99-15
About Julien Bonhomme
Julien Bonhomme is associate professor of anthropology at the ecole normale superieure and researcher at the Laboratoire d'anthropologie sociale. Dominic Horsfall is a freelance translator based in the United Kingdom.
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