Description
The culturally and linguistically diverse island of New Guinea has long attracted attention and stirred human imagination. It has gained a notorious reputation as the home of cannibals and headhunters. The book opens sensitive topics of human flesh consumption and the acquisition of human trophies from an anthropological perspective. The author presents the realities of New Guinean headhunting and cannibalism based on rich ethnographic material, providing detailed accounts while placing his narratives in historical and cultural context. The book illustrates the cultural logic of these phenomena and the motivations of colonial apparatuses to impose their own notions of law and order on the island, thus aiming to eradicate these customs. It offers a wealth of original visual material that shows specific evidence of cannibalism and headhunting in New Guinea. The author presents cannibalism and headhunting as phenomena that have inextricably belonged to the repertoire of human cultural behavior.
Information
Author: Soukup Martin
Publication date: April 13, 2023
Manufacturer: Mervart Pavel Mgr.
Genres: Travel books and reports, Fiction, Books, Travel
Type: Books - paperback
Pages: 232
ISBN/EAN: 9788074655869