Ebook: Eat Thy Neighbour: a History of Cannibalism

In Eat Thy Neighbour the authors put cannibalism into its social and historical perspective. Even in an age when almost nothing is sacred numerous prohibitions surround the subject. However, there is some dark fascination with the subject. Characters include Sweeny Todd, Jeffrey Dahmer, Armin Meiwes and much to the pleasure of Boris Johnson the inhabitants of Papua New Guinea. All tastes are catered for in this hugely compelling book which is always vivacious but never salacious.;Cover; Title; Copyright; Epigraph; Contents; Acknowledgements; Part One -- Cultural Cannibalism; One: A Word of Warning: Cannibalism in Myth, Legend, Folklore and Fiction; Two: Ancient Origins: Archaeological Evidence of Cannibalism; Three: Institutionalised Cannibalism: Rituals, Religion and Magical Rites; Four: Cannibalism in extremis: Famine, Disaster and Warfare; Part Two -- Case Studies of Taboo Breakers; Five: Keeping it in the Family: Sawney Beane (c. 1400-35); Six: The Proof of the Pudding is in the Tasting: Margery Lovett and Sweeney Todd (1789-1801).