Consuming Grief : Compassionate Cannibalism in an Amazonian Society

Acknowledgments ix About the Artist and Illustrations xiii A Note on Orthography xiv Introduction xv PART I: CONTEXTS 1(62) Cannibal Epistemologies 3(21) Wari' Worlds 24(23) Cultural Collisions 47(16) PART II: MOTIFS AND MOTIVES 63(46) Funerals 65(22) Explanations of Eating 87(22) PART III: BODILY CONNECTIONS 109(70) Social Anatomy 111(21) Embodied Identities 132(25) Burning Sorrow 157(22) PART IV: EAT AND BE EATEN 179(62) Predator and Prey 181(24) Hunting the Ancestors 205(19) Transforming Grief 224(17) Afterword 241(1) Appendix A: The Story of Mortuary Cannibalism's Origin 242(5) Appendix B: The Story of Hujin and Orotapan 247(5) Notes 252(11) References 263(14) Index 277