Title Cannibal democracy : race and representation in the literature of the Americas / Zita Nunes

Published Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2008] ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 218 pages) Series Critical American Studies Critical American studies series. Contents United by anthropophagism -- Bringing in the dead : nostalgia and the refusal of loss in Gilberto Freyre's Casa Grande e Senzala -- The foreigner and the remainder -- The new Negro and the turn to South America -- The remainder is a reminder : cannibalizing the remains of the past 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-200) and index Notes Print version record Subject American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism Brazilian literature -- History and criticism Caribbean literature -- History and criticism Metaphor. Cannibalism in literature. Race relations in literature. Democracy in literature. Metaphor metaphor. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. American literature -- African American authors Brazilian literature Cannibalism in literature Caribbean literature Democracy in literature Metaphor Race relations -- Historiography Race relations in literature SUBJECT United States -- Race relations -- Historiography Brazil -- Race relations -- Historiography Caribbean Area -- Race relations -- Historiography Subject Brazil Caribbean Area United States Genre/Form Literary criticism Criticism, interpretation, etc. Literary criticism. Critiques littéraires. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780816656523 0816656525

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