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Article: Cannibalism and the colonial world. (Book Reviews: Anthropology & History).(Book Review)
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- Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
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- December 1, 2002
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BARKER, FRANCIS, PETER HULME & MARGARET IVERSEN (eds). Cannibalism and the colonial world. xiv, 309 pp., illus., bibliogr. Cambridge: Univ. Press, 1998. [pounds sterling]40.00 (cloth); [pounds sterling]13.95 (paper)
Is cannibalism dead? No, not exactly. Interest in and scepticism about reported acts of cannibalism continue to grow in the academic world, as does the popularity of the topic in the general public, even as reports of cannibalism continue to recede among the cultures purported to have practised it. Cannibalism remains a popular topic of thought and conversation in the Western world, in part because it is both easy to believe in and entertaining. The ...