Cannibal Democracy by Zita Nunes

Cannibal Democracy by Zita Nunes

Zita 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.

Gwen Bergner is Associate Professor of English at West Virginia University and author of Taboo Subjects: Race, Sex, and Psychoanalysis.

Zita Nunes is Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Maryland and author of Cannibal Democracy: Race and Representation in the Literature of the Americas.

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ISBN 13	9780816648412
ISBN 10	0816648417
Title	Cannibal Democracy
Author	Zita Nunes
Series	Critical American Studies
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University of Minnesota Press
Year published	2008-08-29
Number of pages	240
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