Dinner With A Cannibal
The Complete History of Mankind's Oldest Taboo
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2008
Santa Monica Press (Verlag)
978-1-59580-030-5 (ISBN)
Santa Monica Press (Verlag)
978-1-59580-030-5 (ISBN)
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Presenting the history of cannibalism in concert with human evolution, this account takes readers on an astonishing trip around the world and throughout history, painting the incredible, multi-faceted realities of cannibalism. Focusing on how it began, and how it has become an unspeakable taboo today, Travis-Henikoff answers a multitude of questions with careful anthropological and archaeological analysis. It also includes fascinating stories from around the world, including details about real-life and fictional cannibals.
Carole A. Travis-Henikoff is an author, businesswoman, rancher, and independent scholar specializing in paleoanthropologythe study of human origins. She has given lectures on paleoanthropology at Loyola University (Chicago) and Rush University Medical Center (Chicago), and sits on the board of directors for the Stone Age Institute. She worked with the Getty Conservation team on the preservation of artifacts at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, and participated in an archeological dig alongside J. Desmond Clark, Tim White, Nicholas Toth, and Kathy Schick under the auspices of the Institute of Human Origins. She divides her time between Chicago, Illinois, and Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 17.4.2008 |
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Zusatzinfo | 24 Illustrations, unspecified |
Verlagsort | Santa Monica |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 158 x 235 mm |
Gewicht | 585 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-59580-030-1 / 1595800301 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-59580-030-5 / 9781595800305 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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