The Anthropology of Cannibalism

Autori

• Laurence R. Goldman

Parametri

• 176 pagine
• 7 ore di lettura

• Storia

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Whether or not a society actually practices cannibalism, these conceptions are often articulated at the level of folklore and myth, where flesh-eating is imbued with symbolic meanings centered on ideas about regeneration after death, the equivalence between human flesh and food, and the morality of social exchange in and between groups.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 1999

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