Hans Staden''s True History - An Account of Cannibal Captivity in Brazil

Informationen zum Autor Hans Staden Klappentext Discourse on cannibalism as seen through the writings of German adventurer, Hans Staden, who was captured in South America in 1550 by the Tupi Indians, who had a reputation of cooking and eating their enemies. This is a new edition. Zusammenfassung In 1550! the German adventurer Hans Staden was serving as a gunner in a Portuguese fort on the Brazilian coast. This title tells the story of his nine-month captivity among the Tupi Indians. It presents a dramatic first-person account of his capture! captivity! and eventual escape. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations vii Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction xv The True History and Description of a Country Populated by a Wild, Naked, and Savage Man-munching People, situated in the New World, America . . . / Hans Staden 1 Appendix 147 Notes 151 Bibliography 181 Index 197

Product details

• Authors: HANS STADEN, STADEN, Hans Staden, Hans/ Whitehead Staden
• Assisted by: Michael Harbsmeier (Translation), Neil L Whitehead (Translation), Neil L. Whitehead (Translation)
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.07.2008
• EAN: 9780822342137
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-4213-7
• No. of pages: 296
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Series: The Cultures and Practice of Violence; Cultures and Practice of Viole; The Cultures and Practice of Violence; Cultures and Practice of Viole
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Südamerika, Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie, Ethnographie