Citation

N'Diaye S. Hum. Remain. Viol. 2016; 2(1): 3-22.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Manchester University Press)

DOI

10.7227/HRV.2.1.2

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This article describes the brutalisation of the bodies of Tutsi and Jewish victims in 1994 and during the Second World War, respectively, and contrasts the procedures adopted by killers to understand what these deadly practices say about the imaginaries at work in Rwanda and Poland.
Dealing with the 'infernalisation' of the body, which eventually becomes a form of physical control, this comparative work examines the development of groups and communities of killers in their particular social and historical context. Different sources are used, such as academic works, reports
from victims' organisations and non-governmental organisations, books, testimonies and film documentaries.

Language: en