Why does cannibalism captivate and repel in equal shares? Why has it become the core plot of dozens of movies and series? Is there a group that is trying to naturalize this taboo? Is it a trend that will become fashion? These and many other questions will be answered in this brief compendium on cannibalism and the curiosities involved in the strange habit of eating human flesh.Catherine Dumont is an author and historian. Named as Distinguished Professor of American Studies and History, her research interests include the construction of racial identity and class structures.1.Eat Human Flesh 2.Anthropophagy 3.Gastronomic Cannibalism in Prehistory 4.Cannibalism Alters the Nervous System 5.Ritual Cannibalism 6.Feed on the Same Species 7.Cannibal Medicine 8.Consumption of Human Corpses 9.Famine Cannibalism: from the Donner Party to the Andes 10.Cartel Cannibals 11.We Have Never Looked so Delicious 12.Will Humanity Return to Cannibalism?  
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