Consuming Grief

Compassionate Cannibalism in an Amazonian Society

Autor: Beth A. Conklin

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Editura: University of Texas Press

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Mourning the death of loved ones and recovering from their loss are universal human experiences, yet...

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Autor

Beth A. Conklin

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Carte broșată

Publicat

2001

Pagini

320

EAN

9780292712362

ISBN

0292712367

Enbook ID

04872604

Editura

University of Texas Press

Greutate

514

Dimensiuni

228 x 152 x 20

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Mourning the death of loved ones and recovering from their loss are universal human experiences, yet the grieving process is as different between cultures as it is among individuals. As late as the 1960s, the Wari' Indians of the western Amazonian rainforest ate the roasted flesh of their dead as an expression of compassion for the deceased and for his or her close relatives. By removing and transforming the corpse, which embodied ties between the living and the dead and was a focus of grief for the family of the deceased, Wari' death rites helped the bereaved kin accept their loss and go on with their lives. Drawing on the recollections of Wari' elders who participated in consuming the dead, this book presents one of the richest, most authoritative ethnographic accounts of funerary cannibalism ever recorded. Beth Conklin explores Wari' conceptions of person, body, and spirit, as well as indigenous understandings of memory and emotion, to explain why the Wari' felt that corpses must be destroyed and why they preferred cannibalism over cremation. Her findings challenge many commonly held beliefs about cannibalism and show why, in Wari' terms, it was considered the most honorable and compassionate way of treating the dead. Beth A. Conklin is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Religious Studies at Vanderbilt University.

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