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Eat Thy Neighbour: A History of Cannibalism 7 reviews
Daniel Diehl, Mark P. Donnelly
The History Press, 2009
To sate a morbid appetite
Diehl and Donnelly's book, "Eat Thy Neighbour", starts out with a brief history on cannibalism. Tying in the probabilities as to why some people chose to eat...other people and why some people were simply forced by their own inclination to survive, the authors offer a wide variety of reasons why men and women historically (and currently) cross one of the last human taboos.
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Prehistoric Cannibalism at Mancos 5Mtumr-2346 2 reviews
Tim D. White
Princeton University Press, 1992
Food for thought
The politically correct view has been that there never were any cannibals, it was just a slur against the "other." (See my review of William Arens' "The Man-eating Myth.")
Tim White has proven that it wasn't a myth. Through a minute examination of a collection of bones from the Mancos site in the Four Corners area, White proves beyond question that a community (inferred from the community-like ...
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Contingency Cannibalism: Superhardcore Survivalism's Dirty Little Secret 13 reviews
Shiguro Takada
Paladin Press, 1999
Delicious
This book reminds me of conversations with friends sitting around the fire at midnight with wine. Things get a little silly, there is some swearing (I believe this is what other reviewers are calling "adolescent language"). Sometimes in the book it works, other times it is tiresome. But most importantly....you come away from the get together knowing that some blatant truths have been revealed. ...
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Cannibalism and the Common Law: A Victorian Yachting Tragedy
A.W. Brian Simpson
Hambledon & London, 2003
Cannibalism and the Common Law is an enthralling classic of legal history. It tells the tragic story of the yacht Mignonette, which foundered on its way from England to Australia in 1884. The killing and eating of one of the crew, Richard Parker, led to the leading case in the defence of necessity, R. v. Dudley and Stephens. It resulted in their being convicted and sentenced to death, a sentence subsequently commuted. In this tour de force ...
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The Anthropology of Cannibalism1 review
Laurence R. Goldman
Praeger, 1999
The best available summary
An updated version of 1983 book The Ethnography of Cannibalism (Brown & Tuzin, eds.), The Anthropology of Cannibalism includes seven interesting articles on the subject of human cannibalism. Almost half of the book is dedicated to the conversation about cannibalism as a tool of cultural prejudice -- whether it is applied by colonialist Europeans or Ku Waru of New Guinea. William Arens' argument ...
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Rudi: Spiritual Cannibalism3 reviews
Swami Rudrananda
Rudra Press, 1995
Life Changing
Rudi's teachings have changed -- and continue every day to change -- my life. The wisdom contained in Spiritual Cannibalism is practical and profound at the very same time. This books is full of heart and humor, and is a constant source of nourishment on the sometimes challenging (but always interesting) path that unfolds when one commits to growing every day in Spiritual Life. Thank you, ...
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An Intellectual History of Cannibalism2 reviews
Catalin Avramescu
Princeton University Press, 2009
Very good, but a dense read.
I don't think anybody's tackled the subject like this before -- it's a book about what people historically thought about cannibalism, about the use of the concept in philosophical discourse. Thorough treatment, but little or no attempt to make it accessible to the casual reader.
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A History of Cannibalism: From Ancient Cultures to Survival Stories and Modern Psychopaths
Peter Constantine
Chartwell Books, Inc., 2009
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Cannibalism and the Colonial World (Cultural Margins)
Cambridge University Press, 1998
In Cannibalism and the Colonial World, an international team of specialists from a variety of disciplines 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. This group of literary and ...
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Consuming Grief: Compassionate Cannibalism in an Amazonian Society4 reviews
Beth A. Conklin
University of Texas Press, 2001
A Grand Text and Appropriate for Our Age
This book is one of the best, I own on the subject matter. Very well done and extreemely detailed. I bought a second copy and gave it away as a Christmas gift this year, at my company Christmas party. It was a great success. Everyone wanted it. I'm glad Matt got to keep it. I must say that very few texts on this subject are as well done as Conklin's. I highly recomend it to anyone interested ...
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The Cannibal Within 15 reviews
Mark Mirabello
Mandrake of Oxford, 2005
Excellent!!!
I love this book to death! So creepy, so haunting, and written by a very intelligent person without a doubt! I'd love to have a long conversation with Mark, he clearly has a firm grip on the subject of the occult. So many occult and literary references abound in this masterpiece of a novel. While it could have been a bit longer, every page was an enjoyable romp through a dark fantasy world filled ...
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Hamatsa: The Enigma of Cannibalism on the Pacific Northwest Coast1 review
Jim McDowell
Ronsdale Press, 1997
Good Historical approach to Cannibalism
A good book, I've just recently read it for a class I'm taking in religious anthropology at the University of Ottawa. The book gives a good account of the historical European aproach to cannibalism on the West Coast. It is primarily concerned with the findings of ethnographer Franz Boas and it seeks to refute some of the claims made by Arens and his theories on the man-eating myth. The book ...
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Cannibalism: From Sacrifice to Survival4 reviews
Hans Askenasy
Prometheus Books, 1994
A thoughtful study of the subject
This is a great overview book for anyone interested in the topic of cannibalism. While there are a lot of stories that are dealt with in a cursory manner, there is enough analysis to make the book truly worthwhile. The author explores the motivations for breaking of "the last taboo" and includes lots of historical examples of each of those motivations. By asking thought provoking questions ...
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The Man-Eating Myth: Anthropology and Anthropophagy (Galaxy Books)5 reviews
William Arens
Oxford University Press, USA, 1980
Another Urban Legend Bites The Dust!
Will Rogers said it didn't bother him so much when people lied, but it did bother him when they just KNEW something that wasn't so. The myth of cannibalism is so ingrained among presumably educated people that when William Arens applied the scientific method and found the myth wanting, there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth. While it is true that during times of starvation, people have ...
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Body Trade: Captivity, Cannibalism and Colonialism in the Pacific
Routledge, 2002
Body Trade exposes myths surrounding the trade in heads, cannibalism, captive white women, the display of indigenous people in fairs and circuses, the stolen generations, the 'comfort' women and the making of the exotic/erotic body. This is a lively and intriguiung comtribution to the study of the postcolonial body.
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The wreck of the Dumaru: A story of cannibalism in an open boat
Lowell Thomas
William Heinemann, 1931
1930. From the internationally renowned journalist Lowell Thomas comes the story of the ill-starred ship The Dumaru and the fate of her crew. Contents: The Man with the Scarred Face; There Was a Curse Upon Her; Captain, Mate, and Engineer; Graveyard Shaw and George the Greek; From Quarter Deck to Fire Hole They Cursed and Fought; Quiet Prelude Before Catastrophe; She Blows Up Off Guam; The Change of the Trade Wind; We Give Up Hope; The ...
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Reluctant Runaway (To Catch a Thief Series #2)19 reviews
Jill Elizabeth Nelson
Multnomah Publishers, 2007
Great!
One word to describe this book and the other two in the 'Reluctant' series. GREAT! The kind of books that inspire you to imagine yourself as the main character. And the faith that is woven through and through is wonderful. Definitely on my short all-time favorites list!
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Divine Hunger: Cannibalism as a Cultural System
Peggy Reeves Sanday
Cambridge University Press, 1986
The practice of cannibalism is in certain cultures rejected as evil, while in others it plays a central part in the ritual order. Anthropologists have offered various explanations for the existence of cannibalism, none of which, Peggy Sanday claims, is adequate. In this book she presents a new approach to understanding the phenomenon. Through a detailed examination of ritual cannibalism in selected tribal societies, and a comparison of those ...
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Cannibalism Is an Acquired Taste: And Other Notes : From Conversations With Anthropologist Omer C. Stewart1 review
Carol L. Howell, Omer C. Stewart
University Press of Colorado, 1998
Life story of Omer Stewart, a defender of religious freedom.
Omer Call Stewart was a man with many missions. He was among the first to study the use of the hallucinogen peyote in the Native American Church, and he was a stalwart defender of Native American religious freedom in many influential court cases. Omer Stewart was a student of Alfred Kroeber and produced important ethnographies of various Ute, Paiute, and other American Indians in the ...
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