A third is hunger, or cannibalism "which occurs as a result of sheer necessity and utter desperation, generally in times of famine and warfare or during plane crashes, shipwrecks and other human disasters" (p.
A second type is symbolic, or "eating one another for ritualistic purposes" (p. Part One of the book is entitled "Cannibal Culture, Cannibal Crimes." Brottman begins by surveying what she calls the "anthropology of anthropophagy." She identifies various categories of cannibalism, the first being dietary (the existence of which is hotly debated by anthropologists such as William Arens and Carleton Gajdusek). It should be noted in passing that while the book's illustrations are at times a little murky, they are nevertheless quite graphic in some instances and are not for everyone. Like many of the titles in the series, Brottman's book applies scholarly analysis to a "fringe" topic in cultural studies. The book is an entry in Creation Books' series on "extreme" culture-other titles include Deathtripping, by Jack Sargeant (about transgressive cinema) Killing for Culture, by David Kerekes and David Slater ("snuff" movies as urban myth) and Inside Teradome, by Jack Hunter (freaks in cinema). Mikita Brottman's book, Meat Is Murder! An Illustrated Guide to Cannibal Culture, takes the reader on a gruesome but fascinating tour through the anthropological, criminological, literary, and cinematic history of cannibalism.
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