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Revisiting the Case of Pierre Rivière, 1835 Parricide

The article revisits the historical case of Pierre Rivière, a peasant who murdered his mother in 1835 and documented his actions. Anthropologist Jeanne Favret-Saada has re-examined the case, originally edited by Michel Foucault in 1973.

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