A History Of Cannibalism
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A History Of Cannibalism
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Author : Nathan Constantine
language : en
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing
Release Date : 2018-05-11
A History Of Cannibalism written by Nathan Constantine and has been published by Arcturus Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-11 with History categories.
Cannibalism is the oldest taboo in the world. But in ancient times it was integral to existence in some societies and viewed as both necessary and socially acceptable. Throughout history there have been instances of humans who, finding themselves in extremis, are forced to eat companions out of sheer desperation in order to survive. Do we reserve judgement in these circumstances, or is this behaviour simply an indication of the brutality that simmers under the surface of human civilization? A History of Cannibalism delves into a subject that causes people to recoil in horror and disbelief. It examines the background to many notorious cases, providing no easy answers, but offering a fascinating insight into forces that lie deep within the human psyche.
Flesh And Blood
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Author : Reay Tannahill
language : en
Publisher: Scarborough House
Release Date : 1975
Flesh And Blood written by Reay Tannahill and has been published by Scarborough House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Religion categories.
Is cannibalism the oldest taboo in the world? By no means. Man has been eating his fellow man for over half a million years, and only in the last two thousand has the practice ceased to be respectable. The author, after many encounters (in the literary sense) with cannibalism while researching, has written the first book in English to cover every aspect of the subject.
An Intellectual History Of Cannibalism
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Author : Ctlin Avramescu
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2011-08-28
An Intellectual History Of Cannibalism written by Ctlin Avramescu and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-28 with History categories.
Annotation Based on the research he undertook in rare book collections housed in Scotland, the United States, Finland, Iceland, Holland, Germany and Austria, the author presents a systematic history of cannabalism as reflected in the mirror of philosophy.
Eat Thy Neighbour
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Author : Daniel Diehl
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2012-05-30
Eat Thy Neighbour written by Daniel Diehl and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-30 with History categories.
Cannibalism is unquestionably one of the oldest and deepest-seated taboos. Even in an age when almost nothing is sacred, religious, moral and social prohibitions surround the topic. But even as our minds recoil at the mention of actual acts of cannibalism there is some dark fascination with the subject. Appalling crimes of humans eating other humans are blown into major news stories and gory movies: both Hitchcock's 'Psycho' and 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' were based on the crimes of Ed Gein, who is profiled, along with others, in this book. In ' Eat Thy Neighbour' the authors put the subject of cannibalism into its social and historical perspective.
Cannibalism
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Author : Bill Schutt
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2017-02-14
Cannibalism written by Bill Schutt and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-14 with Science categories.
“Surprising. Impressive. Cannibalism restores my faith in humanity.” —Sy Montgomery, The New York Times Book Review For centuries scientists have written off cannibalism as a bizarre phenomenon with little biological significance. Its presence in nature was dismissed as a desperate response to starvation or other life-threatening circumstances, and few spent time studying it. A taboo subject in our culture, the behavior was portrayed mostly through horror movies or tabloids sensationalizing the crimes of real-life flesh-eaters. But the true nature of cannibalism--the role it plays in evolution as well as human history--is even more intriguing (and more normal) than the misconceptions we’ve come to accept as fact. In Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History,zoologist Bill Schutt sets the record straight, debunking common myths and investigating our new understanding of cannibalism’s role in biology, anthropology, and history in the most fascinating account yet written on this complex topic. Schutt takes readers from Arizona’s Chiricahua Mountains, where he wades through ponds full of tadpoles devouring their siblings, to the Sierra Nevadas, where he joins researchers who are shedding new light on what happened to the Donner Party--the most infamous episode of cannibalism in American history. He even meets with an expert on the preparation and consumption of human placenta (and, yes, it goes well with Chianti). Bringing together the latest cutting-edge science, Schutt answers questions such as why some amphibians consume their mother’s skin; why certain insects bite the heads off their partners after sex; why, up until the end of the twentieth century, Europeans regularly ate human body parts as medical curatives; and how cannibalism might be linked to the extinction of the Neanderthals. He takes us into the future as well, investigating whether, as climate change causes famine, disease, and overcrowding, we may see more outbreaks of cannibalism in many more species--including our own. Cannibalism places a perfectly natural occurrence into a vital new context and invites us to explore why it both enthralls and repels us.
Flesh And Blood A History Of Cannibalism
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Author : Reay Tannahill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Flesh And Blood A History Of Cannibalism written by Reay Tannahill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with categories.
Eat Me
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Author : Bill Schutt
language : en
Publisher: Profile Books
Release Date : 2017-01-19
Eat Me written by Bill Schutt and has been published by Profile Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-19 with History categories.
Cannibalism. It's the last, greatest taboo: the stuff of urban legends and ancient myths, airline crashes and Captain Cook. But while we might get a thrill at the thought of the black widow spider's gruesome mating habits or the tragic fate of the nineteenth-century Donner Party pioneers, today cannibalism belongs to history - or, at the very least, the realm of the weird, the rare and the very far away. Doesn't it? Here, zoologist Bill Schutt digs his teeth into the subject to find an answer that is as surprising as it is unsettling. From the plot of Psycho to the ritual of the Eucharist, cannibalism is woven into our history, our culture - even our medicine. And in the natural world, eating your own kind is everything from a survival strategy - practiced by polar bears and hamsters alike - to an evolutionary adaption like that found in sand tiger sharks, who, by the time they are born, will have eaten all but one of their siblings in the womb. Dark, fascinating and endlessly curious, Eat Me delves into human and animal cannibalism to find a story of colonialism, religion, anthropology, dinosaurs, ancient humans and modern consequences, from the terrible 'laughing death' disease kuru to the BSE crisis. And - of course - our intrepid author tries it out for himself. Published in partnership with Wellcome Collection. Wellcome Collection is a free museum and library that aims to challenge how we think and feel about health. Inspired by the medical objects and curiosities collected by Henry Wellcome, it connects science, medicine, life and art. Wellcome Collection exhibitions, events and books explore a diverse range of subjects, including consciousness, forensic medicine, emotions, sexology, identity and death. Wellcome Collection is part of Wellcome, a global charitable foundation that exists to improve health for everyone by helping great ideas to thrive, funding over 14,000 researchers and projects in more than 70 countries. wellcomecollection.org
Cannibal
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Author : Daniel Korn
language : en
Publisher: Boxtree
Release Date : 2002
Cannibal written by Daniel Korn and has been published by Boxtree this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Cannibalism categories.
Cannabalism is one of the last great taboos and it is now beginning to emerge as far more widespread than was previously thought. This book examines evidence ranging from protein analysis to studies of human bones that suggests that people-eating is a pervasive human signature, running through our species since the dawn of time.
Dinner With A Cannibal
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Author : Carole A Travis-Henikoff
language : en
Publisher: Santa Monica Press
Release Date : 2008-03-01
Dinner With A Cannibal written by Carole A Travis-Henikoff and has been published by Santa Monica Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-01 with Social Science categories.
Presenting the history of cannibalism in concert with human evolution, Dinner with a Cannibal takes its readers on an astonishing trip around the world and through history, examining its subject from every angle in order to paint the incredible, multifaceted panoply that is the reality of cannibalism. At the heart of Carole A. Travis-Henikoff’s book is the question of how cannibalism began with the human species and how it has become an unspeakable taboo today. At a time when science is being battered by religions and failing teaching methods, Dinner with a Cannibal presents slices of multiple sciences in a readable, understandable form nested within a wealth of data. With history, paleoanthropology, science, gore, sex, murder, war, culinary tidbits, medical facts, and anthropology filling its pages, Dinner with a Cannibal presents both the light and dark side of the human story; the story of how we came to be all the things we are today.
Hans Staden S True History
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Author : Hans Staden
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2008-07-16
Hans Staden S True History written by Hans Staden and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-07-16 with History categories.
DIVDiscourse on cannibalism as seen through the writings of German adventurer, Hans Staden, who was captured in South America in 1550 by the Tupi Indians, who had a reputation of cooking and eating their enemies. This is a new edition./div
