Interdisciplinary Essays on Cannibalism

Interdisciplinary Essays on Cannibalism
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 302
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ISBN-10 : 9781000373844
ISBN-13 : 1000373843
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Book Synopsis Interdisciplinary Essays on Cannibalism by : Giulia Champion

Download or read book Interdisciplinary Essays on Cannibalism written by Giulia Champion and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-05-20 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interdisciplinary Essays on Cannibalism: Bites Here and There brings together a range of works exploring the evolution of cannibalism, literally and metaphorically, diachronically and across disciplines. This edited collection aims to promote a conversation on the evolution and the different uses of the tropes and figures of cannibalism, in order to understand and deconstruct the fascination with anthropophagy, its continued afterlife and its relation to different disciplines and spaces of discourse. In order to do so, the contributing authors shed a new light not only on the concept, but also propose to explore cannibalism through new optics and theories. Spanning 15 chapters, the collection explores cannibalism across disciplines and fields from Antiquity to contemporary speculative fiction, considering history, anthropology, visual and film studies, philosophy, feminist theories, psychoanalysis and museum practices. This collection of thoughtful and thought-provoking scholarly contributions suggests the importance of cannibalism in understanding human history and social relations.


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