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Cannibal Talk: The Man-Eating Myth and Human Sacrifice in the South Seas

Cannibal Talk: The Man-Eating Myth and Human Sacrifice in the South Seas
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  • ISBN-13: 9780520243071
  • ISBN: 0520243072
  • Edition: 0
  • Publication Date: 2005
  • Publisher: University of California Press

AUTHOR

Gananath Obeyesekere

SUMMARY

The European missionary in the South Seas tribal pot is an iconic image, but Obeyesekere argues that it owes more to Western imagination than to the truth. This thorough re-examination of the evidence for cannibalism offers a fascinating example of cultural misinterpretation.Gananath Obeyesekere is the author of 'Cannibal Talk: The Man-Eating Myth and Human Sacrifice in the South Seas', published 2005 under ISBN 9780520243071 and ISBN 0520243072.

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