Consuming grief : compassionate cannibalism in an Amazonian society /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Conklin, Beth A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin, Tex. : University of Texas Press, 2001.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Pakaasnovos Indians > Funeral customs and rites.
Cannibalism > Brazil.
Pacaa-Nova > Rites et cérémonies funéraires.
Cannibalisme > Brésil.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Customs & Traditions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Cannibalism.
Kannibalismus
Brazil.
Pakaá nova.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cannibal epistemologies
  • Wariʼ world
  • Cultural collisions
  • Funerals
  • Explanations of eating
  • Social anatomy
  • Embodied identities
  • Burning sorrow
  • Predator and prey
  • Hunting ancestors
  • Transforming grief
  • Afterword
  • Appendix A: the story of mortuary cannibalism's origin
  • Appendix B: The story of Hujin and Orotapan.

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