Pesti writes, "ritual cannibalism or anthropophagy is seen as a metaphor for cultural exchange: they were fugitives from a civilization we are eating, because we are strong and vindictive".9 It should be noted that anthropophagy is not always aggressive

In Hannibal , Hannibal's capacity to love runs parallel to his need for violence. Hannibal’s queer love for Will affords humanity to a villain whose queerness has previously been used to emphasise his monstrosity.

Endo-cannibalism is cannibalism within your own community that can be ritualistic or part of funerary rites, and it involves someone that you know, someone close, someone important to you.