Neighbour murders in Rwanda and Poland: what mutilated bodies and killing methods tell us about historical imaginaries and imaginaries of hatred

Human Remains and Violence

Sidi NDiaye¹ 

[1] Institut des Sciences Sociales du Politique;

关键词: rwanda;    poland;    massacres;    pogrom;    imaginaries;    torture;    myths;    neighbours;   

DOI  :  10.7227/HRV.2.1.2

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

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.