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Description
From a necessary act of survival to some of the most disturbing crimes in history to its often sensationalized and misunderstood role in certain cultures, cannibalism remains a fascinating yet taboo topic.
Cannibalism Around the World features more than 170 reference entries that examine cannibalism from a myriad of perspectives. Readers will discover the important cultural, spiritual, and symbolic roles cannibalism has played around the globe, from the Catholic Eucharist to sacrificial cannibalism among the Aztecs to appease the gods to the practice of some Fijian peoples of consuming enemies killed in battle to absorb their strength. The encyclopedia examines well-known incidents of survival cannibalism, such as the ill-fated Donner Party and the starvation conditions during times of war or genocide. The book also explores cannibalism in written and oral stories, such as the Native American myth of the Wendigo. Cannibalism's portrayal in pop culture is also discussed. Taken together, these entries offer readers a broad yet highly nuanced view of this controversial subject grounded in rigorous anthropological scholarship.
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Table of Contents
Preface
Accidental/Inadvertent Cannibalism
Aghori
Andaman Islands
Androphagi/Androphagoi
Animal Cannibalism
Anthropophagy
Arens, William
Atapuerca
Australia
Autocannibalism
Aztecs
The Boyd Incident
Brazil
Cambodia
Caniba/Canibales
“The Cannibal Complex”
Cannibal Humor
Cannibal Tours
Cannibalism and the Papal Bull Inter Caetera of 1493
Cannibalistic Infanticide
Cannibals on Display
Cannibal Talk
Captain Cook's Experiment
Caribs/Caribes
Central Africa
Children's Literature and Cannibals
China
Christianity and Cannibalism
Clairvoyants and Cannibalism
Columbus, Christopher
Conflict at Mombasa
Consensual Cannibalism
Cook, Captain James
Cook Islands
Corpse Medicine
Croatia
The Crusades
Cultic Cannibalism
Cultural Cannibalism
Custom of the Sea
Defense of Insanity
Defense of Necessity
The Doctrine of the Real Presence
Donner-Reed Party
Eagle-Cactus Fruit
Egypt
Emic/Etic
Endocannibalism
England
Ethiopia
Exocannibalism
Exoticism
Sweet Fanny Adams and Harriet Lane
Fiji
Filial Cannibalism
France
Franklin Expedition
Frazer, Sir James
Freud, Sigmund
Funerary Cannibalism (Mortuary Cannibalism)
Gajdusek, Dr. Daniel Carleton
Gegu
Germany
The Grass Cove Incident
Great European Famine of 1315–1317
Greek Mythology, Cannibals in
Greely Expedition
Gustatory Cannibalism
Hannibal Lecter
Harris, Marvin
Hartwell, Marten
Harvest Ritual Cannibalism
Haudenosaunee
Headhunting and Cannibalism
Helm, Levi "Boone"
Herodotus
The Hills Have Eyes
Holistic Hypothesis
Homo Antecessor
Homo Monstrosus
Ritual Human Sacrifice
Hunt, Rev. John
Inadvertent Cannibalism
Incorporative Cannibalism
Indonesia
Initiation Rites and Cannibalism
Institutionalized Cannibalism
Ireland
Iroquois
Japan
Johnson, John "Liver-Eating"
Ko-Ku/GeGu
Korea
Kuru
Lack of Meat Food
LaVey, Anton
Legal Considerations of Cannibalism
Leopard Society
Long Pig
Man Corn
Manifesto Antropófago
Materialist Hypothesis
Maya
Medical Cannibalism/Medicinal Cannibalism
Mellified Man
Mesoamerica
Metaphoric Cannibalism
“A Modest Proposal”
Montagu, Ashley
Montaigne
Mortuary Cannibalism
Mummia
Myths, Cannibal
Neandertals
New Caledonia
New Guinea
New Zealand
Nutritional Stress Hypothesis
Nutritional Value of the Human Body
Othering Cannibals
Packer, Alfred “Alferd”
Papua New Guinea
The Great Pandanus Rite of the Bimin-Kuskusmin
Peru
Pharmaceuticals and Cannibalism
Placentophagy
Pope Innocent III and Fourth Lateran Council in 1215
Pope Innocent IV
Poro and Sande Secret Societies
Poland
Pot Polish
Psychogenetic Hypothesis
Psychotic Cannibalism
Queequeg
Revenge Cannibalism
Revulsion to Cannibalism
Ritual vs. Ritualistic Cannibalism
The Road
Russia
R v Dudley and Stephens
Satanic Ritual Cannibalism
Saturn Devouring His Son
Savagery, Barbarism, and Civilisation
Scotland
Scythians
Social Evolutionary Approaches
Solomon Islands
South Africa
Spain
Survival Cannibalism
Talgoro
Taphonomic Signature of Cannibalism
Taste of Human Flesh
Thyestean Feast
Todd, Sweeny and Lovett, Margery
Tupinambá
Turner, Christy G., II
Twain, Mark
Unaware Cannibals
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571
Vampires and Cannibalism
Vanuatu
Vindictive Cannibalism
Vorarephilia
War Cannibalism
Werewolves
West Africa
White, Tim D.
Witches and Cannibalism
Windigo
Yanomami
Zombies and Cannibalism
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Product details
| Published | Jan 07 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 352 |
| ISBN | 9781440872334 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 20 bw images |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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