Claval P. auteur aut IRD text bookSection fre text/pdf reformatted digital access Geographers were late in developing the analysis of myths. Myths play however a decisive role in the life of societies, since it reveals the true nature of things, the significance of life and what is wrong or right. In contemporary societies, myths took the shape of ideologies. Their analysis is fundamental in order to understand the geography of right and wrong, the role of purification rituals in the life of every society, and the ways through which identities are developed. (Résumé d'auteur) specialized MYTHE CULTURE POPULAIRE SYSTEME DE REPRESENTATIONS SYMBOLISME TERRITOIRE RITUEL PERCEPTION DE L'ESPACE IDENTITE CULTURELLE GEOGRAPHIE CULTURELLE 106ANTHRO2 021GEOGEN Guillaud Dominique ed. edt IRD Seysset M. ed. edt IRD Walter Annie ed. edt IRD 127-134 Paris (FRA) ORSTOM Paris PRODIG 1998 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010017309 2-7099-1424-7;2-2901560-35-0 [F A010017293] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010017309 https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers4/010017309.pdf IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 1999-03-01 2007-08-08 fdi:010017309 fre