Among the cannibals : adventures on the trail of man's darkest ritual / Paul Raffaele.
Among the cannibals : adventures on the trail of man's darkest ritual / Paul Raffaele.
Among the cannibals : adventures on the trail of man's darkest ritual / Paul Raffaele.
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Publisher
New York : Smithsonian Books : Collins, c2008.
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N394.9/8
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Language
English
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Physical content
278 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Sleeping with cannibals: the Korowai of New Guinea -- Saintly cannibals of the Ganges -- Tonga's warrior cannibals -- Suffer the little children: Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army -- La Muerte es grande : cannibalism and the barbaric aesthetes.
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Publisher
New York : Smithsonian Books : Collins, c2008.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2008.
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Summary
"It's the stuff of nightmares, the dark inspiration for literature and film. But astonishingly, cannibalism does exist, and in Among the Cannibals travel writer Paul Raffaele journeys to the far corners of the globe to discover participants in this mysterious and disturbing practice. From an obscure New Guinea river village, where Raffaele went in...
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Among the cannibals : adventures on the trail of man's darkest ritual / Paul Raffaele.
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Includes index.
Errata slip inserted.
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N394.9/8
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74Vvq0DjXZwX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvq0DjXZwX
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ISBN
9780061357886 (hardcover)
006135788X (hardcover)
DDC
394.9
MMS ID
991006343249702626
