Cannibalism, the eating of one's own kind, is a practice that occurs in both humans and non-humans. Some people consumed their own kin to ensure that their spirits joined those of their ancestors; others ate their enemies in anger in the context of warfare, in some cases to acquire the powers of those they had defeated; and others ate sorcerers...
Many horror films have exploited the theme of cannibal tribes. This subgenre experienced a period of popularity through the work of Italian filmmakers in the 1970s and 1980s. These films commonly concern the discovery of cannibalistic tribes by documentary filmmakers or anthropologists. The first major film of this type was Umberto Lenzi's Il Paese...
Cannibalism appears in art as a literal subject, often depicting conquest and brutality, but more frequently as a metaphor for cultural consumption, particularly in the Brazilian anthropophagy movement and other post-colonial works. In the latter context, it represents the act of artists "devouring" or absorbing foreign influences and re-presenting...
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