Edible People : : The Historical Consumption of Slaves and Foreigners and the Cannibalistic Trade in Human Flesh / / Christian Siefkes.
While human cannibalism has attracted considerable notice and controversy, certain aspects of the practice have received scant attention. These include the connection between cannibalism and xenophobia: the capture and consumption of unwanted strangers. Likewise ignored is the connection to slavery:...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Anthropology of Food Nutrition ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (392 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 1 A TAXONOMY OF CANNIBAL PRACTICES
- CHAPTER 2 SLAVE EATING IN NEW ZEALAND
- CHAPTER 3 SLAVE EATING IN THE BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO AND SUMATRA
- CHAPTER 4 IVORY, SLAVERY, AND SLAVE EATING IN THE CONGO BASIN
- CHAPTER 5 THE ROLES OF ARAB-SWAHILI MERCHANTS AND THE CONGO FREE STATE
- CHAPTER 6 UNDERSTANDING CONGOLESE SLAVE EATING
- CHAPTER 7 COMMERCIAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF CONGOLESE CANNIBALISM
- CHAPTER 8 EXPLOITATION AND PATRIARCHY IN THE CONGO
- CHAPTER 9 THE JAMESON AFFAIR
- CHAPTER 10 THE QUESTION OF EUROPEAN INFLUENCES AND THE OBEYESEKERE CONJECTURE
- CHAPTER 11 FOREIGNER POACHING IN NEW GUINEA AND THE BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO
- CHAPTER 12 FOREIGNER POACHING IN FIJI AND CENTRAL AFRICA
- CHAPTER 13 THE TRADE IN HUMAN FLESH AND IN “EDIBLE” CORPSES
- CHAPTER 14 FAMINE AND COMMERCIAL CANNIBALISM IN CHINA
- CHAPTER 15 WARFARE AND CULINARY CANNIBALISM IN CHINA
- CONCLUSION
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX