Never forget that the word “cannibal,” is derived from Christopher Columbus’ name for the indigenous people of the Caribbean.
If you want to do more reading on the history of cannibalism and how the stigma surrounding it is rooted in colonizer rhetoric meant to push for the genocide of black and indigenous people:
5. “Carib ‘Cannibalism’: A Study in Anthropological Stereotyping,” Richard B. Moore
6. “A History of Cannibalism,” by Nathan Constantine
7. “Unspeakable Rites: Cultural Reticence and the Cannibal Question,” Claude Rawson
8. “Review: The Man Eating Myth,” Ivan Brady
9. “Assessing the Calorific Significance of Episodes of Human Cannibalism in the Paleolithic,” James Cole
10. “Eating Human Beings,” Mikel Burley
11. “The Most Influential Text On Cannibalism: An Analysis of William Aren’s ‘The Man-Eating Myth’,” Tim Seiter
12. “Neanderthal Cannibalism at Moula Guercy, Aredeche, France,” Alban Defleur, et al
13. “Placentophagia In Humans and Nonhuman Mammals; Causes and Consequences,” Mark B. Kristal, et al
14. “Consumption of Maternal Placenta in Humans and Nonhuman Mammals: Beneficial and Adverse Effects,” Daniel Mota-Rojas et al
15. “A Literature Review on the Practice of Placentophagia,” Rachel Joseph, et al
16. “Cannibalism,” S.H. Posinsky
17. “Thinking About Cannibalism,” Shirley Lindenbaum
Less important, as the following book has been both debunked and analyzed as horribly racist (but sometimes you have to read the bad things):
18. “The Man-Eating Myth,” William Aren
19. https://around.uoregon.edu/content/researchers-denounce-revived-theory-caribbean-cannibalism
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