Cannibalism
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Sibling rivalry or brood reduction prevailing within bird nests is effectively avoided in solitary aculeate nests because the larvae of wasps and bees usually develop in each brood cell. However, a solitary wasp species, Isodontia... more
A fascinating study on social movements, religion and behaviour in ancient greece. One may wonder what has changed in the realm of social relations over the past two thousand years...
INTRODUCTION 5 CHAPTER 1: WHAT IN CREMATION IS GOING ON? 7 CHAPTER 2: THE ORIGIN AND PRACTICE OF CREMATION 15 CHAPTER 3: THE HISTORIC JUDEO–CHRISTIAN VIEW ON CREMATION 27 CHAPTER 4: THE REASONS FOR CREMATION EXAMINED 39 CHAPTER 5: IS... more
Cecilio BARROSO RUIZ, Marie-Antoinette de LUMLEY, Anne-Marie MOIGNE, José Antonio RIQUELME CANTAL, Ana ECHASSOUX, Patricia VALENSI, Luis VERDÚ BERMEJO. Los restos humanos recogidos en la cueva del Boquete de Zafarraya están todos... more
En un pasaje de Castigos del rey don Sancho IV se retoma de La Guerra de los Judíos de Flavio Josefo el relato de Miriam, la madre que mata y come a su bebé durante el sitio de Jerusalén. El tratamiento que recibe esta historia se ubica... more
Anthropophagy in Medieval Sicily: a cultural theme between chronicle and representation. Anthropophagy is the consumption of human flesh and the most extreme form of destruction of the human body, a physical violence which is the... more
Kin discrimination in cannibalistic tadpoles of the Green Poison Frog, Dendrobates auratus (Anura, Dendrobatidae). Cannibalizing a related individual can reduce the inclusive fitness of the cannibal. Hence, mechanisms that allow a tadpole... more
In this literary analysis paper I claim that the society in Kingsolver's novel is spiritually cannibalistic
Antebellum racism did not doom the Reconstruction project of black citizenship to failure. In the 1850s, a flood of African travel accounts captivated Anglo-American readers. These appeared at an opportune time for Northerners committed... more
The labeling of fellow humans as “cannibals” is a trope employed by people across the globe, often in an effort to cast doubt on the humanity of others. In this study I am interested in alimentation, and specifically anthropophagy, not... more
In mehreren Fragmenten der Universalgeschichte des Nikolaos von Damaskus (64-4 v. Chr.) werden Fälle von Anthropophagie thematisiert. Diese Überlieferungen gehen zwar auf ältere Quellen zurück (schließlich hat der Geschichtsschreiber sein... more
Arens’s charge that anthropologists engage in ‘manipulating the data to generate a foregone conclusion’ where ‘academic standards seem to function as an almost forgotten ideal’, actually turns out to be a very accurate description of his... more
In The Testaments, Margaret Atwood takes readers deeper into her dystopian world of Gilead, also through the imagery of food and eating. The oppressive patriarchal regime enforces its power through dietary restrictions, reducing women... more
This analysis shall focus upon the representation of Jeffrey Dahmer in American newspapers. Jeffrey Dahmer was an American serial killer, sex offender, cannibal and necrophiliac who murdered at least 17 men from 1978 to 1991 (Castleden,... more
In his comment on the special issue, Consumer and Consumed, the author notes that while much anthropological reflection has been devoted to the cultural rules and functional systems surrounding meat-eating, the ethnography of meat-eating... more
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Tobe Hooper, 1974) presents a nightmarish vision of an America, metaphorically and literally devouring itself. ‘Home, sweet, home’ becomes the slaughterhouse and consumers become the consumed as... more
This is an encyclopedia entry for the Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics, Springer.
Tesi di laureare triennale in lettere moderne (Curriculum discipline dello spettacolo). Lavoro diviso in tre capitoli: 1. Il Premio Strega (storia, regolamento e vantaggi della vincita). 2. Capitolo teorico sull'adattamento... more
Article in MLN journal, French issue, Sept 2018.
Two records of 99 of Ischnura damselflies devouring mature conspecific cfcf have been so far reported. In Ischnura graellsii (Rambur 1842), 6 observations of 99 devouring mature conspecific dfcf were made in natural populations.... more
Evidence of fragmentary human remains and recent interpretations of possible cannibalism in the prehispanic American Southwest has gripped the public imagination and engaged archaeologists in a continuing debate regarding the nature of... more
The imagery of appetite, consumption, and digestion that saturates Jacobean drama find its most extreme form in metaphors of cannibalization. This paper will look past those excesses to examine two of the several literal examples of human... more