| To Feast on Us as Their Prey: Cannibalism and the Early Modern Atlantic Contributor(s): Herrmann, Rachel B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1682260828 ISBN-13: 9781682260821 Publisher: University of Arkansas Press OUR PRICE: $26.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Customs & Traditions - History | Social History - Social Science | Agriculture & Food |
| Dewey: 394.909 |
| LCCN: 2018017414 |
| Series: Food and Foodways |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.95 lbs) 250 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Chronological Period - 16th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner, 2020 Association for the Study of Food and Society Book Award, Edited Volume Long before the founding of the Jamestown, Virginia, colony and its Starving Time of 1609-1610--one of the most famous cannibalism narratives in North American colonial history--cannibalism played an important role in shaping the human relationship to food, hunger, and moral outrage. Why did colonial invaders go out of their way to accuse women of cannibalism? What challenges did Spaniards face in trying to explain Eucharist rites to Native peoples? What roles did preconceived notions about non-Europeans play in inflating accounts of cannibalism in Christopher Columbus's reports as they moved through Italian merchant circles?Asking questions such as these and exploring what it meant to accuse someone of eating people as well as how cannibalism rumors facilitated slavery and the rise of empires, To Feast on Us as Their Prey posits that it is impossible to separate histories of cannibalism from the role food and hunger have played in the colonization efforts that shaped our modern world. |