Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Annotated Bibliography

“Cannibals.” Larry Engel. 2005. Television. The History Channel, 2009.

This is a documentary released by the History Channel that discusses the history of cannibalism including the Donner Party and Andes Plane Crash. It also investigates the indigenous peoples of Papa New Guinea and their relationship to Cannibalism.

Kidd, J.S. "Scholarly Excess and Journalistic Restraint in the Popular Treatment of Cannibalism." Social Studies of Science 18(1988).

This journal article discussed the stigma that modern day society places on the idea of cannibalism. It goes on to interpret that the damages associated with those forced to cannibals for survival were purely due to the social mindset of the world.

Littlewood, Roland. The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Mar 2000 155. Web. 2 Jul 2009. .

This journal focuses on the history and social effects of cannibalism. It traces Cannibalism’s roots with the indigenous peoples of Papa New Guinea. It also states the three types of Cannibalism: endocannibalism, exocannibalism, and survival cannibalism.

Pontell, Henry N. "Conflict theory."5th ed. 2005.

This textbook discusses the theory of Conflict Theory. This text will be used to discuss how Conflict Theory can be applied to acts of Cannibalism.

Rhodes, Richard. Deadly Feasts. New York, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997.

This book investigates the discovery of the Indigenous people of Papa New Guinea by “civilized society. This book focuses on several accounts of the incidents, including those from the eyes of Indigenous people themselves.

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