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Author : William Arens
Release : 1980-09-25
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 200/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Man-Eating Myth by : William Arens
Download or read book The Man-Eating Myth written by William Arens. This book was released on 1980-09-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating and well-researched look into what we really know about cannibalism.
Author : William Arens
Release : 1980
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Book Synopsis The Man-eating Myth by : William Arens
Download or read book The Man-eating Myth written by William Arens. This book was released on 1980. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gananath Obeyesekere
Release : 2005-06-06
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 080/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Cannibal Talk by : Gananath Obeyesekere
Download or read book Cannibal Talk written by Gananath Obeyesekere. This book was released on 2005-06-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A tour de force: meticulously argued, nuanced, and wideranging in its interpretations. In the hands of a master, the prodigious scholarship and large intellectual appetite make for a very convincing, comprehensive work."—George Marcus, coeditor of Writing Culture "The sheer scope of Cannibal Talk is remarkable, and its contribution to the anthropology of colonialism outstanding. Obeyesekere's research, original thinking, and applied reading are unrivalled on the discourses of cannibalism and their implications. "—Paul Lyons, University of Hawai'i
Author : Francis Barker
Release : 1998-08-06
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 089/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Cannibalism and the Colonial World by : Francis Barker
Download or read book Cannibalism and the Colonial World written by Francis Barker. This book was released on 1998-08-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Cannibalism and the Colonial World, published in 1998, an international team of specialists from a variety of disciplines - anthropology, literature, art history - discusses the historical and cultural significance of western fascination with the topic of cannibalism. Addressing the image as it appears in a series of texts - popular culture, film, literature, travel writing and anthropology - the essays range from classical times to contemporary critical discourse. Cannibalism and the Colonial World examines western fascination with the figure of the cannibal and how this has impacted on the representation of the non-western world. This group of literary and anthropological scholars analyses the way cannibalism continues to exist as a term within colonial discourse and places the discussion of cannibalism in the context of postcolonial and cultural studies.
Author : Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.
Release : 2021-09-16
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 450/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Eaters of the Dead by : Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.
Download or read book Eaters of the Dead written by Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.. This book was released on 2021-09-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning myth, history, and contemporary culture, a terrifying and illuminating excavation of the meaning of cannibalism. Every culture has monsters that eat us, and every culture repels in horror when we eat ourselves. From Grendel to medieval Scottish cannibal Sawney Bean, and from the Ghuls of ancient Persia to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, tales of being consumed are both universal and universally terrifying. In this book, Kevin J. Wetmore Jr. explores the full range of monsters that eat the dead: ghouls, cannibals, wendigos, and other beings that feast on human flesh. Moving from myth through history to contemporary popular culture, Wetmore considers everything from ancient Greek myths of feeding humans to the gods, through sky burial in Tibet and Zoroastrianism, to actual cases of cannibalism in modern societies. By examining these seemingly inhuman acts, Eaters of the Dead reveals that those who consume corpses can teach us a great deal about human nature—and our deepest human fears.
