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| Titel: |
Autonomous Judges: African Ordeals as Dramas of Power |
| Auteur: |
Tonkin, Elizabeth |
| Verschenen in: |
Ethnos |
| Paginering: | Jaargang 65 (2000) nr. 3 pagina's 366-386 |
| Jaar: |
2000-11-01 |
| Inhoud: |
Judicial ordeals subject accused persons to fire, poison etc. and mark or kill those whom they divine as guilty, while the innocent are unscathed. They presume a person-directed universe, may share features with non-divinatory processes and can be used politically, but they are trusted as autonomous, unlike fallible human judgments. African examples are comparable in form and often in context to those of medieval Europe. The article focuses on sasswood poison ordeals in Southeastern Liberia. It is argued that they change over time and may convince individual participants differently. They are also considered as persuasive dramaturgical events. |
| Uitgever: |
Routledge |
| Bronbestand: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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