Cannibal Talk

Cannibal Talk
Author: Gananath Obeyesekere
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2005-06-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 0520243080

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"A tour de force: meticulously argued, nuanced, and wideranging in its interpretations. In the hands of a master, the prodigious scholarship and large intellectual appetite make for a very convincing, comprehensive work."—George Marcus, coeditor of Writing Culture "The sheer scope of Cannibal Talk is remarkable, and its contribution to the anthropology of colonialism outstanding. Obeyesekere's research, original thinking, and applied reading are unrivalled on the discourses of cannibalism and their implications. "—Paul Lyons, University of Hawai'i


Cannibal Talk
Language: en
Pages: 341
Authors: Gananath Obeyesekere
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-06-06 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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"A tour de force: meticulously argued, nuanced, and wideranging in its interpretations. In the hands of a master, the prodigious scholarship and large intellect
Cannibal Talk
Language: en
Pages: 344
Authors: Gananath Obeyesekere
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-06-06 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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In this radical reexamination of the notion of cannibalism, Gananath Obeyesekere offers a fascinating and convincing argument that cannibalism is mostly "cannib
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Pages:
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Categories: Social Science
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A fascinating and well-researched look into what we really know about cannibalism.
Life Among the Cannibals
Language: en
Pages: 404
Authors: Sen. Arlen Specter
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-03-27 - Publisher: Macmillan

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A revealing memoir of how Washington is changing---and not for the better During a storied thirty-year career in the U.S. Senate, Arlen Specter rose to Judiciar
This Horrid Practice
Language: en
Pages: 386
Authors: Paul Moon
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-08-04 - Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited

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'Though stronger evidence of this horrid practice prevailing among the inhabitants of this coast will scarcely be required, we have still stronger to give.' - C