{"product_id":"hans-stadens-true-history-an-account-of-cannibal-captivity-in-brazil-9780822342311","title":"Hans Staden's True History: An Account of Cannibal Captivity in Brazil","description":"In 1550 the German adventurer Hans Staden was serving as a gunner in a Portuguese fort on the Brazilian coast. While out hunting, he was captured by the Tupinamb?, an indigenous people who had a reputation for engaging in ritual cannibalism and who, as allies of the French, were hostile to the Portuguese. Staden's \u003ci\u003eTrue History\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in Germany in 1557, tells the story of his nine months among the Tupi Indians. It is a dramatic first-person account of his capture, captivity, and eventual escape.\u003cp\u003eStaden's narrative is a foundational text in the history and European \"discovery\" of Brazil, the earliest European account of the Tupi Indians, and a touchstone in the debates on cannibalism. Yet the last English-language edition of Staden's \u003ci\u003eTrue History\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1929. This new critical edition features a new translation from the sixteenth-century German along with annotations and an extensive introduction. It restores to the text the fifty-six woodcut illustrations of Staden's adventures and final escape that appeared in the original 1557 edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the introduction, Neil L. Whitehead discusses the circumstances surrounding the production of Staden's narrative and its ethnological significance, paying particular attention to contemporary debates about cannibalism. Whitehead illuminates the value of Staden's \u003ci\u003eTrue History\u003c\/i\u003e as an eyewitness account of Tupi society on the eve before its collapse, of ritual war and sacrifice among Native peoples, and of colonial rivalries in the region of Rio de Janeiro. He chronicles the history of the various editions of Staden's narrative and their reception from 1557 until the present. Staden's work continues to engage a wide range of readers, not least within Brazil, where it has recently been the subject of two films and a graphic novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeil L. Whitehead is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDark Shamans: Kanaimà and the Poetics of Violent Death\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor of \u003ci\u003eTerror and Violence: Anthropological Approaches\u003c\/i\u003e (with Andrew Strathern and Pamela Stewart); \u003ci\u003eIn Darkness and Secrecy: The Anthropology of Assault Sorcery and Witchcraft in Amazonia\u003c\/i\u003e (with Robin Wright); \u003ci\u003eHistories and Historicities in Amazonia\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Bewtiful Empire of Guiana by Sir Walter Ralegh\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eDark Shamans\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn Darkness and Secrecy\u003c\/i\u003e are both also published by Duke University Press. Michael Harbsmeier is Associate Professor of History at Roskilde University in Roskilde, Denmark. He is the author of two books in German.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeil L. Whitehead is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDark Shamans: Kanaimà and the Poetics of Violent Death\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor of \u003ci\u003eTerror and Violence: Anthropological Approaches\u003c\/i\u003e (with Andrew Strathern and Pamela Stewart); \u003ci\u003eIn Darkness and Secrecy: The Anthropology of Assault Sorcery and Witchcraft in Amazonia\u003c\/i\u003e (with Robin Wright); \u003ci\u003eHistories and Historicities in Amazonia\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Bewtiful Empire of Guiana by Sir Walter Ralegh\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eDark Shamans\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn Darkness and Secrecy\u003c\/i\u003e are both also published by Duke University Press. Michael Harbsmeier is Associate Professor of History at Roskilde University in Roskilde, Denmark. He is the author of two books in German.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328938152210,"sku":"9780822342311","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_af0ab301-bd75-47a2-9180-7ca56dd11edf.jpg?v=1727755153","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hans-stadens-true-history-an-account-of-cannibal-captivity-in-brazil-9780822342311","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}