Consuming Grief Compassionate Cannibalism in an Amazonian Society

Name: Consuming Grief Compassionate Cannibalism in an Amazonian Society
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ISBN: 9780292712362

ISBN-10: 0292712367

ISBN-13: 9780292712362

Edition: 2001

Authors: Beth A. Conklin

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Mourning the death of loved ones and recovering from their loss are universal human experiences, yet the grieving process is as different between cultures as it is among individuals. As late as the 1960s, the Wari' Indians of the western Amazonian rainforest ate the roasted flesh of their dead as an expression of compassion for the deceased and for his or her close relatives. By removing and transforming the corpse, which embodied ties between the living and the dead and was a focus of grief for the family of the deceased, Wari' death rites helped the bereaved kin accept their loss and go on with their lives.Drawing on the recollections of Wari' elders who participated in consuming the…

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List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 7/1/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Beth A. Conklin is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Religious Studies at Vanderbilt University.



Acknowledgments


About the Artist and Illustrations


A Note on Orthography


Introduction



Contexts



Cannibal Epistemologies



Wari' Worlds



Cultural Collisions



Motifs and Motives



Funerals



Explanations of Eating



Bodily Connections



Social Anatomy



Embodied Identities



Burning Sorrow



Eat and be Eaten



Predator and Prey



Hunting the Ancestors



Transforming Grief


Afterword



The Story of Mortuary Cannibalism's Origin



The Story of Hujin and Orotapan


Notes


References


Index