Cannibal Democracy : Race and Representation in the Literature of the Americas /

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nunes, Zita
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2008]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Race relations in literature.
Race relations > Historiography.
Metaphor.
Democracy in literature.
Caribbean literature.
Cannibalism in literature.
Brazilian literature.
American literature > African American authors.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
metaphor.
Relations raciales dans la litterature.
Cannibalisme dans la litterature.
Metaphore.
Litterature antillaise > Histoire et critique.
Litterature bresilienne > Histoire et critique.
Metaphor
Caribbean literature > History and criticism.
Brazilian literature > History and criticism.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
United States.
Caribbean Area.
Brazil.
Caraïbes (Region) > Relations raciales > Historiographie.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Historiographie.
Caribbean Area > Race relations > Historiography.
Brazil > Race relations > Historiography.
United States > Race relations > Historiography.
Critiques litteraires.
Literary criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:"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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (240 pages).
ISBN:9780816656523

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