Divine hunger : cannibalism as a cultural system / Peggy Reeves Sanday.
The practice of cannibalism is in certain cultures rejected as evil, while in others it plays a central part in the ritual order. Anthropologists have offered various explanations for the existence of cannibalism, none of which, Peggy Sanday claims, is adequate. In this book she presents a new appro...
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Main Author: | Sanday, Peggy Reeves. |
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1986.
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