Foreword

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Editor’s note vii
4. Foreword xi
5. Introduction. “Master . . . eated me when i was meat” 1
6. 1. Cannibalism in transatlantic context 29
7. 2. Sex, honor, and human consumption 59
8. 3. A tale of hunger retold: ravishment and hunger in f. Douglass’s life and writing 95
9. 4. Domestic rituals of consumption 127
10. 5. Eating nat turner 171
11. 6. The hungry nigger 209
12. Notes 241
13. Bibliography 289
14. Index 303
15. About the author 309
16. About the editors 311