Converging on cannibals : terrors of slaving in Atlantic Africa, 1509-1670 / Jared Staller.

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Staller, Jared, 1982- [author.]

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TextSeries: Africa in world historyPublisher: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2019]Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 256 pages) : illustrations (some color), mapsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780821446607
0821446606

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Converging on cannibals.DDC classification:

394/.90967 23

LOC classification:

GN409 .S73 2019eb

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Contents:

An introduction to cannibal talk -- Angels of deliverance, 1483-ca. 1543 -- Phantoms of the Kongo, 1568-1591 -- Destroyers of Angola, 1600-1625 -- Queen of cruelty, 1629-1655 -- Preachers and publicists, 1500-ca. 1670 -- The afterlife of the Jaga.

Summary: In Converging on Cannibals, Jared Staller demonstrates that one of the most terrifying discourses used during the era of transatlantic slaving--cannibalism--was coproduced by Europeans and Africans. When these people from vastly different cultures first came into contact, they shared a fear of potential cannibals.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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In Converging on Cannibals, Jared Staller demonstrates that one of the most terrifying discourses used during the era of transatlantic slaving--cannibalism--was coproduced by Europeans and Africans. When these people from vastly different cultures first came into contact, they shared a fear of potential cannibals.

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