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040			_aNT _beng _erda _epn _cNT _dOCLCO
020			_a9781912808182 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
041	1		_aeng _hfre
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050	0	4	_aBF1572 _b.S498 2016
100	1		_aBonhomme, Julien, _e1
245	1	0	_aThe sex thieves : _bthe anthropology of a rumor / _cJulien Bonhomme ; translated by Dominic Horsfall ; foreword by Philippe Descola.
260			_aChicago, IL : _bHau Books, _c(c)2016.
300			_a1 online resource (xvi, 174 pages) : _billustrations, maps.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
500			_aTranslation of: Les voleurs de sexe: anthropologie d'une rumeur africaine.
504			_a2
520	0		_aWhile 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 temporal scale--without falling prey to the cliché of Africa as an exotic other. Bonhomme argues that the public belief in sex thieves cannot be considered a superstition or form of mass hysteria. Rather, he brings to light multiple factors that explain the rumor's success and shows how the cultural dynamic can operate on a vast scale. Analyzing the rumor on both transnational and local levels, he demonstrates how it arises from the ambiguities and dangers of anonymity, and thus that it reveals an occult flipside to everyday social interaction. Altogether, this book provides both richly ethnographic and theoretical understandings of urban sociality and the dynamics of human communication in contemporary Africa and beyond.-- _cProvided by Publisher.
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650		0	_aWitchcraft and sex _zAfrica.
650		0	_aSex _xAnthropological aspects _zAfrica.
650		0	_aSocial psychology _zAfrica.
650		0	_aUrban folklore _zAfrica.
650		0	_aThieves _zAfrica.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
700	1		_aHorsfall, Dominic, _etrl
700	1		_aDescola, Philippe, _ewriter of foreword.
856	4	0	_zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password. _uhttpss://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1891866&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518
942			_cOB _D _eEB _hBF. _m2016 _QOL _R _x _8NFIC _2LOC
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell