Insatiable Appetites: Imperial Encounters with Cannibals in the North Atlantic World by Kelly L. Watson (review)
Insatiable Appetites is a sweeping overview of European understandings of cannibalism, specifically the relationship between cannibalism, norms of gender and sexuality, and the colonization of the Americas. KellyWatson’s focus ranges from the classical period to the eighteenth century, and from Europe to North and South America, using cannibalism to explore divergent understandings of the place Native Americans played in European imperial projects.