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Eat Thy Neighbour

A History of Cannibalism

Daniel Diehl author Mark P Donnelly author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:The History Press Ltd

Published:20th Feb '08

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Cannibalism is unquestionably one of the oldest and deepest-seated taboos. Even in an age when almost nothing is sacred, religious, moral and social prohibitions surround the topic. But even as our minds recoil at the mention of actual acts of cannibalism there is some dark fascination with the subject. Appalling crimes of humans eating other humans are blown into major news stories and gory movies: both Hitchcock's 'Psycho' and 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' were based on the crimes of Ed Gein, who is profiled, along with others, in this book. In 'Eat Thy Neighbour' the authors put the subject of cannibalism into its social and historical perspective.

ISBN: 9780750943734

Dimensions: 198mm x 124mm x 10mm

Weight: 400g

360 pages