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Insatiable Appetites : Imperial Encounters with Cannibals in the North Atlantic World /
In this comparative history of cross-cultural encounters in the early North Atlantic world, Kelly L. Watson argues that the persistent rumours of cannibalism surrounding Native Americans served a specific and practical purpose for European settlers. As they forged new identities and found ways to no...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2015]
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | In this comparative history of cross-cultural encounters in the early North Atlantic world, Kelly L. Watson argues that the persistent rumours of cannibalism surrounding Native Americans served a specific and practical purpose for European settlers. As they forged new identities and found ways to not only subdue but also co-exist with native peoples, the cannibal narrative helped to establish hierarchical categories of European superiority and Native inferiority upon which imperial power in the Americas was predicated. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (288 pages): illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9780814760499 |