Dinner with a cannibal : the complete history of mankind's oldest taboo /

"Presenting the history of cannibalism in concert with human evolution, this account takes readers on an astonishing trip around the world and throughout history, painting the incredible, multifaceted realities of cannibalism. Focusing on how cannibalism began with the human species and how it...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Travis-Henikoff, Carole A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, CA : Santa Monica Press, [2008]
Temas:
Cannibalism.
Taboo.
Cannibalism
Taboo
Cannibalisme.
Tabou.
taboo.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Customs & Traditions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • How we got to where we are
  • The incredible foods we eat
  • Ubiquitous food
  • Inner workings
  • Feet to meat
  • Cannibalism, disease and genetics
  • Dinner with a cannibal
  • As you believe, so shall it be
  • Religious acts
  • Murder and medicine
  • Mesoamerica
  • The lost culture of the Wari
  • Through a distant window
  • Infanticide
  • Skeletons in our closets
  • Cannibalism: past and present
  • Man the warrior
  • Keep the river on your right
  • Coming to the Americas
  • Politics and the color red
  • Africa: then and now
  • Finale: Looking back to the present
  • It's a wrap-film at eleven.

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