Cannibalism and the Colonial World - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0521621186 ISBN 13: 9780521621182

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1998

Riassunto

In Cannibalism and the Colonial World, published in 1998, an international team of specialists from a variety of disciplines - anthropology, literature, art history - 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. Cannibalism and the Colonial World examines western fascination with the figure of the cannibal and how this has impacted on the representation of the non-western world. This group of literary and anthropological scholars analyses the way cannibalism continues to exist as a term within colonial discourse and places the discussion of cannibalism in the context of postcolonial and cultural studies.

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Recensione:

'Ambitious, wide-ranging and coherent. This is clearly a major contribution to the study of the European imperial legacy.' Anthony Pagden, Johns Hopkins University

'I doubt it there is another book quite like this one ... fascinating.' Cultural Survival

Descrizione del libro:

In this 1998 book, an international team from a variety of disciplines discusses the historical and cultural significance of cannibalism. Addressing the theme as it appears popular culture, film, literature, travel writing and anthropology, this group places the discussion of cannibalism in the context of postcolonial and cultural studies.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0521621186
• ISBN 13: 9780521621182
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 324
• Redattore: Barker Francis, Hulme Peter, Iversen Margaret