'Bambini al limite' : Accuse di stregoneria e trasformazione animale nel Congo
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République démocratique du CongoThématique
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| Titre | 'Bambini al limite' : Accuse di stregoneria e trasformazione animale nel Congo |
|---|---|
| Type de publication | Chapitre de livre |
| Langue principale de la publication | italien |
| Année de publication | 2022 |
| Auteur | Edoardo QUARETTA |
| Editeur scientifique | Emanuele FABIANO Gaetano MANGIAMELI |
| Titre du livre | Dialoghi con i non umani |
| Pages de ... à (pp. x-x) | 43-68 |
| Éditeur | Mimesis |
| Ville | Sesto San Giovanni |
| Genre | article scientifique |
| Pays d'édition | Italie |
| URL | https://www.academia.edu/39360137/ |
| Résumé/Présentation | "Animal transformations are a recurrent theme within witchcraft accusations against children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The so-called "witch-children" are often accused of being able to transform themselves into animals such as owls, cats, dogs and rats. The aim of this text is to show that these symbolic metamorphoses are important insights to understand witchcraft accusations and the meaning of particularly complex social phenomena involving children. In the first part of the article some examples of animal transformations, taken from the cosmologies of rural societies, are exposed in order to understand how animals and the interspecific relationships have always been a vast symbolic repertoire within Central Africa cultures. Through some case studies of street children and children accused of witchcraft, in the second part, the article aims to show how the symbolic device of animal transformation is inherent to the interpretive logic of witchcraft and it represents one of its symbolic invariants." |
| Référence complète | Quaretta, Edoardo. 'Bambini al limite' : Accuse di stregoneria e trasformazione animale nel Congo. In : Fabiano, Emmanuele ; G. Mangiameli (ed.). Dialoghi con i non umani. Sesto San Giovanni : Mimesis, coll. Molimo, nuova serie, n°9, 2022, p.48-69 |
