Cannibals: The Discovery and Representation of the Cannibal from Columbus to Jules Verne

by Frank Lestringant

Mapping the origins and evolution of the word 'cannibal', Lestringant describes the symbolic uses of cannibalism by authors, political theorists and theologians. In a wide-ranging discussion he surveys the myth and the reality of the cannibal, and explores the deployment of the image in European literature and legend.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745616976
• ISBN13: 9780745616971
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"