{"product_id":"edible-people-the-historical-consumption-of-slaves-and-foreigners-and-the-cannibalistic-trade-in-human-flesh-9781800736139","title":"Edible People: The Historical Consumption of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tWhile human cannibalism has attracted considerable notice and controversy, certain aspects of the practice have received scant attention. These include the connection between cannibalism and xenophobia: the capture and consumption of unwanted strangers. Likewise ignored is the connection to slavery: the fact that in some societies slaves and persons captured in slave raids could be, and were, killed and eaten. This book explores these largely forgotten practices and ignored connections while making explicit the links between cannibal acts, imperialist influences and the role of capitalist trading practices. These are highly important for the history of the slave trade and for understanding the colonialist history of Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“I thought I knew a lot about cannibalism until I read ‘\u003c\/em\u003eEdible People\u003cem\u003e’ by Christian Siefkes. The sheer volume of references is a gift. It is a remarkable book.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Shirley Lindenbaum\u003c\/strong\u003e, City University of New York\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is a terrific piece of eye-opening research which illuminates a horrible but true part of human nature. It is wide ranging – covering many different cultures, peoples and places – and will fascinate any historian or anthropologist. For the general reader, it offers many vivid accounts of what seems inexplicable behaviour which was once far more common than anyone would have thought.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Jasper Becker\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eHungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is a remarkable book. As a historical archive detailing the extent of cannibalism in various parts of the world at different periods of history, it is largely unmatched and breaks new ground in the sheer volume of material presented.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Paul Collinson\u003c\/strong\u003e, Oxford Brookes University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Christian Siefkes' work on cannibalism explores areas of the phenomenon that are still little understood, and makes an important and significant addition to the existing literature on the topic. His research is broad-ranging, and his perspectives are particularly insightful.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Paul Moon\u003c\/strong\u003e, Auckland University of Technology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e A Taxonomy of Cannibal Practices\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Slave Eating in New Zealand\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Slave Eating in the Bismarck Archipelago and Sumatra\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Ivory, Slavery, and Slave Eating in the Congo Basin\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Roles of Arab-Swahili Merchants and the Congo Free State\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Understanding Congolese Slave Eating\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Commercial and Economic Aspects of Congolese Cannibalism\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Exploitation and Patriarchy in the Congo\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Jameson Affair\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Question of European Influences and the Obeyesekere Conjecture\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Foreigner Poaching in New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e Foreigner Poaching in Fiji and Central Africa\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Trade in Human Flesh and in “Edible” Corpses\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 14.\u003c\/strong\u003e Famine and Commercial Cannibalism in China\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 15.\u003c\/strong\u003e Warfare and Culinary Cannibalism in China\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042748301655,"sku":"9781800736139","price":96.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/edible-people-the-historical-consumption-of-slaves-and-foreigners-and-the-cannibalistic-trade-in-human-flesh-9781800736139","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}