L'autore:
Gananath Obeyesekere is Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus, at Princeton University. He is the author ofImagining Karma: Ethical Transformation in Amerindian, Buddhist, and Greek Rebirth(California, 2002), The Apotheosis of Captain Cook: European Mythmaking in thePacific (1997), The Work of Culture: Symbolic Transformation in Psychoanalysis and Anthropology (1990), The Cult of the Goddess Pattini (1984), andMedusa's Hair: An Essay on Personal Symbols and Religious Experience (1984).
Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:
"A tour de force: meticulously argued, nuanced, and wideranging in its interpretations. In the hands of a master, the prodigious scholarship and large intellectual appetite make for a very convincing, comprehensive work."George Marcus, coeditor ofWriting Culture
"The sheer scope of Cannibal Talk is remarkable, and its contribution to the anthropology of colonialism outstanding. Obeyesekere's research, original thinking, and applied reading are unrivalled on the discourses of cannibalism and their implications. "Paul Lyons, University of Hawai'i
Le informazioni nella sezione "Su questo libro" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.