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The Village of Cannibals: Rage and Murder in France, 1870 (Studies in Cultural History)
Alain Corbin
Harvard University Press, 2006
In August 1870, during a fair in the isolated French village of Hautefaye, a gruesome murder was committed in broad daylight that aroused the indignation of the entire country. A young nobleman, falsely accused of shouting republican slogans, was savagely tortured for hours by a mob of peasants who later burned him alive. Rumors of cannibalism stirred public fascination, and the details of the ...
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Cannibalism: From Sacrifice to Survival 3 reviews
Hans Askenasy
Prometheus Books, 1994
Great book, very informative
+ A thoughtful study of the subject
This is a great book for anyone interested in the anthropological aspects of cannabilism. Its not so scholarly that you can't grasp what are the cultural roots of the behavior in each case, and it covers many cases around the world. It can be a bit graphic, which is normal considering the ...
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The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific 100 reviews
J. Maarten Troost
Broadway, 2004
Wonderful book about real life in the Pacific
+ THE ULTIMATE IN A TRAVEL BOOK
+ Fantastic read
+ If you have ever traveled abroad or graduated with an MA in something unuseable
+ great travel story
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The Shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer8 reviews
Brian Masters
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1993
Excellent
+ One of the better books about Jeffrey Dahmer.
+ THE BEST OF THE BOOKS ABOUT JEFF DAHMER!
+ a fine delicassy for Dahmer-obsessed readers
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Teddy Bear Cannibal Massacre6 reviews
Dybbuk Press, LLC, 2005
I edited it.
+ A BIZARRE BUT THOROUGHLY ENJOYABLE ANTHOLOGY
+ Stories of the strange and unusual
+ No cannibalism, but lots of great stories
+ An Admirable Effort from the New Master of the Grotesque
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Dinner with a Cannibal: The Complete History of Mankind's Oldest Taboo5 reviews
Carole A. Travis-Henikoff
Santa Monica Press, 2008
Everything it should be and more
+ A taste of reality
+ You too, cannibal!?
+ Could not put it down
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American Psycho1078 reviews
Bret Easton Ellis
Vintage, 1991
Not for those with a weak stomach!
+ important, but...be warned
I had been meaning to read this book for a long time, and I must say that I am glad to have finally read it. There is horror and gore in this book, but the only purpose is not to make you sick. Pat Bateman exists in a society that most of us will never understand. His ability to keep up appearances ...
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Among the Cannibals: Adventures on the Trail of Man's Darkest Ritual 4 reviews
Paul Raffaele
Collins, 2008
Great read, some disturbing parts....
+ More a travel account than real anthropology, but highly enjoyable
+ Travel Narrative that treks to the heart of cannibalism
Among the Cannibals is a fascinating book for anyone interested in other cultures and their practices - religious or otherwise. What makes this book particularly amazing is that the author truly did find people that are today practicing cannibalism. Raffaele even manages to make it seem acceptable ...
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Cannibals: The Discovery and Representation of the Cannibal from Columbus to Jules Verne (New Historicism)
Frank Lestringant
University of California Press, 1997
Frank Lestringant, one of the foremost scholars of European encounters with the Americas, looks at the concept of the cannibal and the powerful images and meanings it conjured for Europeans from the Renaissance to the nineteenth century. Combining historical and ethnographic data with allegorical and literary concerns, he describes how European voyagers, writers, and missionaries encountered ...
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Cannibalism, Headhunting and Human Sacrifice in North America 1 review
George Franklin, Feldman
Alan C Hood & Co, 2008
A singularly important addition to Native American history reference shelves
Cannibalism, Headhunting and Human Sacrifice in North America is an in-depth, scholarly study of the more gruesome practices of native peoples of North America (and European colonists). Dispelling the veil of modern sanitization and revisionist history, Cannibalism, Headhunting and Human Sacrifice ...
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The Story of the Cannibal Woman: A Novel1 review
Maryse Conde
Washington Square Press, 2008
beautiful narrative style
Cape Town always slept in the same position, curled up in the muzzle of a gun. After hours of grim silence as heavy as a great fur coat of a former Soviet leader, the sound of engines began to sputter and roar throughout the city.
This is how internationally renowned writer Maryse Condé starts ...
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Murder and Society
Peter Morrall
Wiley, 2006
Human psychological and physical well-being is damaged and destroyed when people are deliberately killed by other people. There are millions of primary and secondary victims of murder throughout the world, and human society as a whole is a tertiary victim of murder. Despite this, people are often fascinated and engrossed by stories of homicide and killers. This book provides a fascinating ...
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The Jeffrey Dahmer Story: An American Nightmare (St. Martin's True Crime Library) 37 reviews
Donald A. Davis
St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1991
nothing new
If you know nothing about Jeffrey Dahmer and want to know which crimes he commited and how he did it, this is the book for you. But if you have read other books about him, don't bother.
The facts presented in this book are accurate, but it's such a shame that you don't get to know who Jeffrey ...
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Born Evil: A True Story of Cannibalism and Serial Murder12 reviews
Adrian Havill
St. Martin's True Crime, 2001
informative
+ Born Pretty Evil, But Not the Most Evil
I bought this book at my local bookstore after being intrigued at what I read on the back cover. I had never heard of Hadden Clark up until that point and was willing to learn about his crimes. I thought the book did a good job at supplying enough information. Yes, some of the scenes are ...
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Cannibalism in the Cars: And Other Humorous Sketches (Prion Humour Classics)1 review
Mark Twain
Prion, 2000
A "must" for all Mark Twain fans!
These literary, humorous sketches may be difficult to easily categorize but any with an appreciation for Mark Twain's wry sense of observation will find this an engrossing gathering of sardonic observations of everyday people. Cannibalism in the Cars focuses on Mark Twain's early sketches, many ...
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Cannibalism and the Colonial World (Cultural Margins)
Cambridge University Press, 1998
In Cannibalism and the Colonial World, an international team of specialists from a variety of disciplines discusses the historical and cultural significance of Western fascination with the topic of cannibalism. Addressing the image as it appears in a series of texts--popular culture, film, literature, travel writing and anthropology--the essays range from classical times to contemporary critical ...
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Consuming Grief: Compassionate Cannibalism in an Amazonian Society3 reviews
Beth A. Conklin
University of Texas Press, 2001
A Grand Text and Appropriate for Our Age
+ A GREAT BOOK FOR RESEARCH OR LEISURE
+ A Grand Text and Appropriate for Our Age
This book is one of the best, I own on the subject matter. Very well done and extreemely detailed. I bought a second copy and gave it away as a Christmas gift this year, at my company Christmas party. It was a great success. Everyone wanted it. I'm glad Matt got to keep it. I must say that very ...
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The Anthropology of Cannibalism1 review
Bergin & Garvey Paperback, 1999
The best available summary
An updated version of 1983 book The Ethnography of Cannibalism (Brown & Tuzin, eds.), The Anthropology of Cannibalism includes seven interesting articles on the subject of human cannibalism. Almost half of the book is dedicated to the conversation about cannibalism as a tool of cultural prejudice ...
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Ed Gein--Psycho! 26 reviews
Paul Anthony Woods
St. Martin's Griffin, 1995
Come on, people!
If you're not into true crime, you won't like it. NO, it won't win the Pulitzer Prize for literature, but I guess I'm sick too, because I LIKED it. What we're dealing with here is a psychopath the likes of which we probably haven't seen before. Sure Ed Gein was sick. But this was a very ...
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Massacre in Milwaukee2 reviews
Richard, W. Jaeger, M., William Balousek
Badger Books LLC, 1991
informative, albeit early bio
+ Very detailed book about Jeffrey Dahmer
This book as far as I know was onw of the first written about the Jeffrey Dahmer case. The copy I got is a reissue that contains a few typos and such...(I wouldn't have their secretary review my work for typos)...but altogether, a very good read.
Unlike alot of biographies that become a long, ...
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