ANT204H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Endocannibalism, Eating Animals
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What is the meaning of endocannibalism , how can we look at it. Harris- cultural materialism, human sacrifice for elites in 15th century aztec society. Used harris model on wari to see if they lacked protein in their diet. Phycho- anaylic looks for the roots of cannibalism in the developmental context of individual. The development of children in relation to their parents. Based on anaylize of fantasies of cannablism not the actual people practicing it. Based in indivual scenarios of cannibalism in a western society ( crazy people) It is a collected system rather than a diatic ( 2 ) Cannibalism is about aggression---- expressing aggression to the person being eatiting, the aggression is expressed orally, because of child hood experiences ( breast feeding) Cannibalism is about oral incorporation unite with the object being eating ( melanasian enodocannibalism) not for wari cannibalism. Couple wari myths about people being disassemble eating then regenerated.
