Divine Hunger: Cannibalism as a Cultural System.

Preface Acknowledgments Part I. Introduction: 1. Cannibalism cross-culturally 2. Analytic framework Part II. The Symbols That Give Rise to a Cannibalistic Consciousness: 3. The mysteries of the body: Hua and Gimi mortuary cannibalism 4. The androgynous first being: Bimin-Kuskusmin cannibalism 5. Cannibal monsters and animal friends Part III. The Mythical Chartering And Transformations of Cannibal Practice: 6. The faces of the soul's desires: Iroquoian torture and cannibalism in the seventeenth century 7. Raw women and cooked men: Fijian cannibalism in the nineteenth century 8. Precious eagle-cactus fruit: Aztec human sacrifice 9. The transformation and end of cannibal practice 10. Conclusion: other symbols and ritual modalities Notes References Index.