{"product_id":"to-feast-on-us-as-rachel-b-herrmann-9781682260821","title":"To Feast on Us as Their Prey: Cannibalism and the Early Modern Atlantic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, 2020 Association for the Study of Food and Society Book Award, Edited Volume\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Long before the founding of the Jamestown, Virginia, colony and its Starving Time of 1609-1610--one of the most famous cannibalism narratives in North American colonial history--cannibalism played an important role in shaping the human relationship to food, hunger, and moral outrage. Why did colonial invaders go out of their way to accuse women of cannibalism? What challenges did Spaniards face in trying to explain Eucharist rites to Native peoples? What roles did preconceived notions about non-Europeans play in inflating accounts of cannibalism in Christopher Columbus's reports as they moved through Italian merchant circles?\u003cp\u003eAsking questions such as these and exploring what it meant to accuse someone of eating people as well as how cannibalism rumors facilitated slavery and the rise of empires, \u003ci\u003eTo Feast on Us as Their Prey\u003c\/i\u003e posits that it is impossible to separate histories of cannibalism from the role food and hunger have played in the colonization efforts that shaped our modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rachel B. Herrmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1682260828\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781682260821\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arkansas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/11\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2019","brand":"Rachel B. Herrmann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48449964507391,"sku":"9781682260821","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7ff61494-e9bf-4e8e-96ee-2f06dd148b67.jpg?v=1777265667","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/to-feast-on-us-as-rachel-b-herrmann-9781682260821","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}