The
first book-length study of whether cannibalism existed on the Pacific Northwest
coast. McDowell shows how a "cannibal complex" among Westerners
coloured many early accounts of "man-eating, " and how this perception
obscured the importance of ritual cannibalism in the secret Hamatsa ceremony-a
crucial feature of Native spirituality.
The
first book-length study of whether cannibalism existed on the Pacific Northwest
coast. McDowell shows how a "cannibal complex" among Westerners
coloured many early accounts of "man-eating, " and how this perception
obscured the importance of ritual cannibalism in the secret Hamatsa ceremony-a
crucial feature of Native spirituality.