The cannibal hymn : a cultural and literary study /
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| Author / Creator: | Eyre, C. J. |
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| Imprint: | Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2002. |
| Description: | xiv, 272 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4735075 |
| Summary: | The text of the Cannibal Hymn is here examined in its performative and cultural context. In its verbal recreation of a butchery ritual, style and format are typical of the oral-recitational poetry of pharaonic Egypt. It poses questions about the nature of rites of passage and rituals of sacrifice. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 272 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0853236968 0853237069 |
