The Anthropology of Cannibalism

The Anthropology of Cannibalism
ISBN-10
0897895967
ISBN-13
9780897895965
Category
Social Science
Pages
168
Language
English
Published
1999
Publisher
Greenwood Publishing Group
Author
Laurence Goldman

Description

The topic of cannibalism continues to be emblematic of people's ideas of the "exotic other." In addition to its lingering cultural meanings, the continued interest in the topic stems in part from the history of controversy about methods, evidence, and inference patterns within anthropology and archaeology. This book looks at how and why cannibalism was actually practiced, both as part of a wider cultural system of meanings about reproduction and regeneration as well as how cannibalism as myth perpetuates political processes of stereotyping across cultures.

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