Divine Hunger Cannibalism as a Cultural System

Name: Divine Hunger Cannibalism as a Cultural System
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ISBN: 9780521311144

ISBN-10: 0521311144

ISBN-13: 9780521311144

Edition: 1986

Authors: Peggy Reeves Sanday

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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 cases with others in which the practice is absent, she shows that cannibalism is closely linked to people's orientation to the world, and that it serves as a concrete device for distinguishing the 'cultural self' from the 'natural other'. Combining…

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List price: $31.99
Copyright year: 1986
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 7/25/1986
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 284
Size: 6.22" wide x 9.09" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Cannibalism cross-culturally



Analytic framework


The symbols that give rise to a cannibalistic consciousness



The mysteries of the body: Hua and Gimi mortuary cannibalism



The androgynous first being: Bimin-Kuskusmin cannibalism



Cannibal monsters and animal friends


The mythical chartering and transformation of cannibal practice



The faces of the soul's desires: Iroquoian torture and cannibalism in the seventeenth century



Raw women and cooked men: Fijian cannibalism in the nineteenth century



Precious eagle-cactus fruit: Aztec human sacrifice



The transformation and end of cannibal practice



Conclusion: Other symbols and ritual modalities


Notes


References


Index