LEADER 03452nam 2200769Ia 450 001 9910813630003321 005 20240418102515.0 010 $a0-8166-5652-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000692385 035 $a(EBL)380884 035 $a(OCoLC)476210599 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000277655 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11253996 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000277655 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10234411 035 $a(PQKB)10393504 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC380884 035 $a(OCoLC)437241609 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse38893 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL380884 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10257024 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL525719 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000692385 100 $a20080428d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCannibal democracy$b[electronic resource] $erace and representation in the literature of the Americas /$fZita Nunes 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (241 p.) 225 1 $aCritical American studies series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-4841-7 311 $a0-8166-4840-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 177-200) and index. 327 $aUnited 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. 330 $aZita Nunes argues that the prevailing narratives of identity formation throughout the Americas share a dependence on metaphors of incorporation and, often, of cannibalism. From the position of the incorporating body, the construction of a national and racial identity through a process of assimilation presupposes a remainder, a residue. Nunes addresses works by writers and artists who explore what is left behind in the formation of national identities and speak to the limits of the contemporary discourse of democracy. Cannibal Democracy tracks its central metaphor's circulation through the work 410 0$aCritical American studies series. 606 $aAmerican literature$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aBrazilian literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aCaribbean literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aMetaphor 606 $aCannibalism in literature 606 $aRace relations in literature 606 $aDemocracy in literature 607 $aUnited States$xRace relations$xHistoriography 607 $aBrazil$xRace relations$xHistoriography 607 $aCaribbean Area$xRace relations$xHistoriography 615 0$aAmerican literature$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aBrazilian literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aCaribbean literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aMetaphor. 615 0$aCannibalism in literature. 615 0$aRace relations in literature. 615 0$aDemocracy in literature. 676 $a305.896/07 700 $aNunes$b Zita$01648272 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813630003321 996 $aCannibal democracy$93996286 997 $aUNINA