Cannibal Democracy : Race and Representation in the Literature of the Americas /
"Zita Nunes argues that the prevailing narratives of identity formation throughout the Americas share a dependence on metaphors of incorporation and, often, of cannibalism. The construction of a national and racial identity through a process of assimilation, Nunes asserts, presupposes a remaind...
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
[2008]
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Résumé: | "Zita Nunes argues that the prevailing narratives of identity formation throughout the Americas share a dependence on metaphors of incorporation and, often, of cannibalism. The construction of a national and racial identity through a process of assimilation, Nunes asserts, presupposes a remainder, a residue. Cannibal Democracy explores what is left behind in the formation of identities and addresses the limits of the contemporary discourse of democracy"--Publisher's description. |
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Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (240 pages). |
ISBN: | 9780816656523 |