| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Series |
Early American places |
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Early American places.
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| Contents |
Inventing cannibals: classical and medieval traditions -- Discovering cannibals: Europeans, Caribs, and Arawaks in the Caribbean -- Conquering cannibals: Spaniards, Mayas, and Aztecs in Mexico -- Converting cannibals: Jesuits and Iroquois in New France -- Living with cannibals: Englishman in the wilderness -- Understanding cannibals: conclusions and questions |
| Summary |
In this comparative history of cross-cultural encounters in the early North Atlantic world, Kelly L. Watson argues that the persistent rumours of cannibalism surrounding Native Americans served a specific and practical purpose for European settlers. As they forged new identities and found ways to not only subdue but also co-exist with native peoples, the cannibal narrative helped to establish hierarchical categories of European superiority and Native inferiority upon which imperial power in the Americas was predicated |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed March 26, 2015) |
| Subject |
Cannibalism -- North Atlantic Region
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Customs & Traditions.
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Cannibalism
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North Atlantic Region
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780814760499 |
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081476049X |
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9780814763476 |
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0814763472 |
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