Eat Thy Neighbour: A History of Cannibalism (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780750943734)

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.

Author: Daniel Diehl, Mark Donnelly
ISBN-10: 0750943734
ISBN-13: 9780750943734
Publisher: Sutton
Language: English
Published: 02/20/2008
Pages: 360
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 7.77h x 4.92w x 0.98d