To feast on us as their prey : cannibalism and the early modern Atlantic / edited by Rachel B. Herrmann.
| Other author | Herrmann, Rachel B., author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2019. |
| Description | 1 online resource (x, 282 pages). |
| Supplemental Content | Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Series | Food and foodways Food and foodways (Fayetteville, Ark.) ^A1287331 |
| Contents | Intro; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction. "Cannibalism and . . ." / Rachel B. Herrmann; Chapter 1. Rituals of Consumption: Cannibalism and Native American Oral Traditions in Southeastern North America / Gregory D. Smithers; Chapter 2. First Reports of New World Cannibalism in the Italian Mercantile and Diplomatic Correspondence / Elena Daniele; Chapter 3. Sex and Cannibalism: The Politics of Carnal Relations between Europeans and American ""Anthropophagites"" in the Caribbean and Mexico / Kelly L. Watson |
| Contents | Chapter 4. Spaniards, Cannibals, and the Eucharist in the New World / Rebecca Earle; Chapter 5. "And Greedily Devoured Them": The Cannibalism Discourse and the Creation of a British Atlantic World, 1536-1612 / Jessica S. Hower; Chapter 6. Imperial Appetites: Cannibalism and Early Modern Theatre / Matt Williamson; Chapter 7. Retelling the Legend of Sawney Bean: Cannibalism in Eighteenth-Century England / Julie Gammon; Chapter 8. Honor Eating: Frank Lestringant, Michel de Montaigne, and the Physics of Symbolic Exchange / Robert Appelbaum |
| Contents | Chapter 9. Conspicuous Consumptions in Atlantic Africa: Andrew Battell's Fearsome Tales of Hunger, Cannibalism, and Survival / Jared Staller; Chapter 10 "The Black People Were Not Good to Eat": Cannibalism, Cooperation, and Hunger at Sea / Rachel B. Herrmann; Conclusion. Beyond Jamestown / Rachel B. Herrmann; Notes; Contributors; Index |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 06, 2019). |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018031014 |
| ISBN | 9781610756563 electronic book |
| ISBN | 1610756568 electronic book |
| ISBN | hardcover ; alkaline paper |
| Stock number | 22573/ctv8gnsxh JSTOR |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |