Consuming Grief: Compassionate Cannibalism in an Amazonian Society
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Book Overview
Mourning the death of loved ones and recovering from their loss are universal human experiences, yet the grieving process is as different between cultures as it is among individuals. As late as the 1960s, the Wari' Indians of the western Amazonian rainforest ate the roasted flesh of their dead as an expression of compassion for the deceased and for his or her close relatives. By removing and transforming the corpse, which embodied ties between...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0292712367
ISBN13:9780292712362
Release Date:July 2001
Publisher:University of Texas Press
Length:320 Pages
Weight:1.17 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"
Customer Reviews
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a superb discussion of a difficult topic
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
This is an excellent book which thoroughly and sensitively covers a topic that is difficult for someone raised in U.S. culture to talk about. I am an anthropologist so I have the edge in terms of cultural relativism, but I think that anyone interested in the reality of this topic (rather than the sensationalist approach) would find this book compelling. I highly recommend it for personal or course use.
A Grand Text and Appropriate for Our Age
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
This book is one of the best, I own on the subject matter. Very well done and extreemely detailed. I bought a second copy and gave it away as a Christmas gift this year, at my company Christmas party. It was a great success. Everyone wanted it. I'm glad Matt got to keep it. I must say that very few texts on this subject are as well done as Conklin's. I highly recomend it to anyone interested in "Compassionate Cannibalism" through history.
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