Dinner with a cannibal : the complete history of mankind's oldest taboo / by Carole A. Travis-Henikoff ; foreword by Christy G. Turner II.

Author: Travis-Henikoff, Carole A.

Imprint:Santa Monica, Calif. : Santa Monica Press, c2008.

Description333 p. ; 24 cm.

Note:Foreword / Christy G. Turner II -- pt. 1. How we got to where we are. -- The incredible foods we eat -- Ubiquitous food -- Inner workings -- Feet to meat -- Cannibalism, disease and genetics -- Dinner with a cannibal -- pt. 2. As you believe, so shall it be. -- Religious acts -- Murder and medicine -- Mesoamerica -- The lost culture of the Wari -- Through a distant window -- Infanticide -- Skeletons in our closets -- pt. 3. Cannibalism : past and present. -- Man the warrior -- Keep the river on your right -- Coming to the Americas -- Politics and the color red -- Africa : then and now -- pt. 4. Finale : looking back to the present. -- It's a wrap - film at eleven.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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