Cannibalism and the Colonial WorldFrancis Barker, Peter Hulme, Margaret Iversen In Cannibalism and the Colonial World, an international team of specialists from a variety of disciplines discusses the historical and cultural significance of Western fascination with the topic of cannibalism. Addressing the image as it appears in a series of texts--popular culture, film, literature, travel writing and anthropology--the essays range from classical times to contemporary critical discourse. This group of literary and anthropological scholars places the discussion of cannibalism in the context of postcolonial and cultural studies. |
Contents
Rethinking anthropophagy | 39 |
Brazilian anthropophagy revisited | 87 |
cannibaltropicalist cinema | 110 |
Ghost stories bone flutes cannibal | 126 |
the child in the jaws of the story | 158 |
the metaphorics | 183 |
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Cannibalism and the Colonial World Francis Barker,Peter Hulme,Margaret Iversen No preview available - 1998 |
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