Author:

Conklin, Beth A  Search this

Physical description:

xxxi, 285 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

Brazil

Date:

2001

Contents:

Cannibal epistemologies -- Wariʼ worlds -- Cultural collisions -- Funerals -- Explanations of eating -- Social anatomy -- Embodied identities -- Burning sorrow -- Predator and prey -- Hunting the ancestors -- Transforming grief -- Afterword -- Appendix A: The story of mortuary cannibalism's origin -- Appendix B: The story of Hujin and Orotapan

Topic:

Funeral customs and rites  Search this

Cannibalism  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_634165