The Anthropology of Cannibalism

by Laurence Goldman

Using new case data from South American, Australian, and Papua New Guinean societies, the authors explore how cultural ideas for humanity are reflected in seemingly universal understandings of our potential for anthropophagy. Whether or not a society actually practices cannibalism, these conceptions are often articulated at the level of folklore and myth, where flesh-eating is imbued with symbolic meanings centered on ideas about regeneration after...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897895975
• ISBN13: 9780897895972
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.3"