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Cannibal Talk: The Man-Eating Myth and Human Sacrifice in the South Seas
Cannibal Talk The ManEating Myth and Human Sacrifice in the South Seas
Author: Gananath Obeyesekere
In this radical reexamination of the notion of cannibalism, Gananath Obeyesekere offers a fascinating and convincing argument that cannibalism is mostly "cannibal talk," a discourse on the Other engaged in by both indigenous peoples and colonial intruders that results in sometimes funny and sometimes deadly cultural misunderstandings. Turning hi...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520243071
ISBN-10: 0520243072
Publication Date: 6/6/2005
Pages: 340
Edition: 1
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Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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