L’imaginaire du cannibalisme des îles des « Mers du sud »(Du dernier tiers du XVIIIe au début du XXe siècle)

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关键词: cannibalism;    anthropophagy;    Oceania;    Pacific;    travels;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

From the 1770s onwards, an imagination of the cannibalism of the Oceania islands was formed in Europe, as French and English scientific expeditions explored the "Southern Seas". Very early on, the visited islanders are suspected of being anthropophagous. If observations of the act are rare, thinkers and travellers wonder about the causes of this practice. This reflection is mainly intended to reflect on the relationship between human beings and the island. The causal link between this space and cannibalism is the subject of fierce debate. It is therefore a question of studying the imagination of cannibalism on the islands of Oceania, from the Age of Enlightenment to the Belle Époque. In doing so, the purpose of this article is to understand the birth of the obviousness of island anthropophagy. In short, what are the scattered and imprecise clues from which scientific actors have been able to put into discourse the existence of this practice?

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