Cannibal Talk: The Man-Eating Myth and Human Sacrifice in the South Seas

by Gananath Obeyesekere

Book Overview

In this radical reexamination of the notion of cannibalism, Gananath Obeyesekere offers a fascinating and convincing argument that cannibalism is mostly "cannibal talk," a discourse on the Other... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520243080
• ISBN13: 9780520243088
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Perseus - Ucal Pod
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"