ANTH 209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cannibalism, Endocannibalism, Psychopathology
13 Nov 2016
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Concept and methods: culture, conviviality and the case of cannibalism. People eating: what is anthropophagy or cannibalism according to an anthropological perspective: anthropophagy (-phagy: the eating of ) or cannibalism is a cultural system, involves meanings, cross cultural studies of cannibalism point to several themes, classifications and perspectives. Endocannibalism inside group: people who are related to you e,g. ancestors; death is not the end; father"s life continues through son since son ingested father. Cannibalism is a product of mortuary rituals reproduce generations and maintain ties with ancestors. Hua of papua new guinea and the wari" indians of the amazon in. Does not include other factors other than economic and ecological. Analysis does not include feelings and symbolic meanings around food: symbolic approach. The complexity of food practices preferences and taboos: e. g. disgust is learned. The interconnection of factors behaviors around food are part of a changing system of relationships and meanings.
