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Violence and dystopia : mimesis and sacrifice in contemporary western dystopian narratives /

Violence and Dystopia is a critical examination of imitative desire, scapegoating and sacrifice in selected contemporary Western dystopian narratives through the lens of René Girard's mimetic theory. The first chapter offers an overview of the history of Western utopia/dystopia with a special...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cojocaru, Daniel, 1980- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.
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