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Cannibal talk : the man-eating myth and human sacrifice in the South Seas / Gananath Obeyesekere.
| Author/creator | Obeyesekere, Gananath |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2005. |
| Description | xx, 320 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: Anthropology and the maneating myth -- "British cannibals" : dialogical misunderstandings in the South Seas -- Concerning violence : a backward journey into Maori anthropophagy -- Savage indignation : cannibalism and the parodic -- The later fate of heads : cannibalism, decapitation, and capitalism -- Cannibal feasts in nineteenth century Fiji : seamen's yarns and the ethnographic imagination -- Narratives of the self : Chevalier Peter Dillon's cannibal adventures -- On quartering and cannibalism and the discourses of savagism -- Conclusion. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-309) and index. |
| LCCN | 2004018117 |
| ISBN | 0520243072 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0520243080 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | GN409 .O23 2005 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |