Consuming grief: compassionate cannibalism in an Amazonian society
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This book describes the development of Cannibal Epistemologies as a form of cannibalism and its role in the stories of Hujin and Orotapan, as well as some of the more recent examples of modern cannibalism.
Abstract
Acknowledgments About the Artist and Illustrations A Note on Orthography Introduction Part I: Contexts Chapter One: Cannibal Epistemologies Chapter Two: Wari' Worlds Chapter Three: Cultural Collisions Part II: Motifs and Motives Chapter Four: Funerals Chapter Five: Explanations of Eating Part III: Bodily Connections Chapter Six: Social Anatomy Chapter Seven: Embodied Identities Chapter Eight: Burning Sorrow Part IV: Eat and Be Eaten Chapter Nine: Predator and Prey Chapter Ten: Hunting the Ancestors Chapter Eleven: Transforming Grief Afterword Appendix A: The Story of Mortuary Cannibalism's Origin Appendix B: The Story of Hujin and Orotapan Notes References Index