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Converging on Cannibals : Terrors of Slaving in Atlantic Africa, 1509-1670 /

In Converging on Cannibals, Jared Staller demonstrates that one of the most terrifying discourses used during the era of transatlantic slaving--cannibalism--was coproduced by Europeans and Africans. When these people from vastly different cultures first came into contact, they shared a fear of poten...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Staller, Jared, 1982- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An introduction to cannibal talk
  • Angels of deliverance, 1483-ca. 1543
  • Phantoms of the Kongo, 1568-1591
  • Destroyers of Angola, 1600-1625
  • Queen of cruelty, 1629-1655
  • Preachers and publicists, 1500-ca. 1670
  • The afterlife of the Jaga.