New respect for the haughty cannibals.

Representations of the Western cannibal have metamorphosed since Herodotus first recorded the practice of anthropophagy. These images of the cannibal have been intefrtwined with philosophical, religious and metaphorical representations, far removed from the indigenous interpretations of ritual anthr...

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Published in:	Mortality Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 527 - 541
Main Authors:	Whitfield, Jerome T., Alpers, Michael P.
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd May2026
Subjects:	Papua New Guinea Attitudes toward death Death Interviewing Ethnology Cultural values Rites & ceremonies Food habits Medicine Research funding Religion & medicine Funeral industry Descriptive statistics
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