Consuming Grief : : Compassionate Cannibalism in an Amazonian Society / / Beth A. Conklin.
Mourning the death of loved ones and recovering from their loss are universal human experiences, yet the grieving process is as different between cultures as it is among individuals. As late as the 1960s, the Wari' Indians of the western Amazonian rainforest ate the roasted flesh of their dead...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2001 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- About the Artist and Illustrations
- A Note on Orthography
- Introduction
- Part I. Contexts
- Part II. Motifs and Motives
- Part III. Bodily Connections
- Part IV. Eat and Be Eaten
- Afterword
- Appendix A: The Story of Mortuary Cannibalism’s Origin
- Appendix B: The Story of Hujin and Orotapan
- Notes
- References
- Index