The Resource Cannibal writes : eating others in Caribbean and Indian Ocean women's writings, Njeri Githire
Cannibal writes : eating others in Caribbean and Indian Ocean women's writings, Njeri Githire
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- Summary
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- "Postcolonial and diaspora studies scholars and critics have paid increasing attention to the use of metaphors of food, eating, digestion, and various affiliated actions such as loss of appetite, indigestion, and regurgitation. As such stylistic devices proliferated in the works of non-Western women writers, scholars connected metaphors of eating and consumption to colonial and imperial domination. In Cannibal Writes, Njeri Githire concentrates on the gendered and sexualized dimensions of these visceral metaphors of consumption in works by women writers from Haiti, Jamaica, Mauritius, and elsewhere. Employing theoretical analysis and insightful readings of English- and French-language texts, she explores the prominence of alimentary-related tropes and their relationship to sexual consumption, writing, global geopolitics and economic dynamics, and migration. As she shows, the use of cannibalism in particular as a central motif opens up privileged modes for mediating historical and sociopolitical issues. Ambitiously comparative, Cannibal Writes ranges across the works of well-known and lesser known writers to tie together two geographic and cultural spaces that have much in common but are seldom studied in parallel"--
- "Within the field of postcolonial studies, colonial and imperial domination have frequently been connected to metaphors of eating and consumption. At the extreme, cannibalism works as a colonialist trope, and becomes an overarching framework for addressing issues of self, difference, and otherness. In Cannibal Writes, Njeri Githire concentrates on the gendered and sexualized dimensions of these metaphors of consumption, specifically in works by Caribbean and Indian Ocean women writers in Haiti, Jamaica, and Guadeloupe. Through wide ranging theoretical exploration and insightful readings of texts in both English and French, this project focuses on the visceral appeal of alimentary metaphors and their relationship to sexual consumption, writing, political economy, and migration. Githire also explores some of the ways in which cannibalism has surfaced in some contemporary migration debates. The project is ambitiously comparative, including a wide range of well known and lesser known writers in both Caribbean and Indian Ocean contexts--geographic and cultural spaces that have much in common but which are rarely brought together in the same study"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 242 pages
- Contents
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- Cannibal Love: Ideologies of Power, Gender, and the Erotics of Eating
- Immigration, Assimilation, and Conflict: A Dialectics of Cannibalism and Anthropemy
- Dis(h)coursing Hunger: In the Throes of Voracious Capitalist Excesses
- Edible Ecriture: Feuding Words, Fighting Foods
- Isbn
- 9780252038785
- Label
- Cannibal writes : eating others in Caribbean and Indian Ocean women's writings
- Title
- Cannibal writes
- Title remainder
- eating others in Caribbean and Indian Ocean women's writings
- Statement of responsibility
- Njeri Githire
- Subject
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- Caribbean literature -- Women authors | History and criticism
- Caribbean literature -- Women authors | History and criticism
- Consumption (Economics) in literature
- Consumption (Economics) in literature
- Indian Ocean Region -- In literature
- Indian Ocean Region -- In literature
- Assimilation (Sociology) in literature
- Postcolonialism in literature
- Postcolonialism in literature
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies
- Women and literature -- Caribbean Area
- Women and literature -- Caribbean Area
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- Caribbean & Latin American
- Assimilation (Sociology) in literature
- Cannibalism in literature
- Cannibalism in literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "Postcolonial and diaspora studies scholars and critics have paid increasing attention to the use of metaphors of food, eating, digestion, and various affiliated actions such as loss of appetite, indigestion, and regurgitation. As such stylistic devices proliferated in the works of non-Western women writers, scholars connected metaphors of eating and consumption to colonial and imperial domination. In Cannibal Writes, Njeri Githire concentrates on the gendered and sexualized dimensions of these visceral metaphors of consumption in works by women writers from Haiti, Jamaica, Mauritius, and elsewhere. Employing theoretical analysis and insightful readings of English- and French-language texts, she explores the prominence of alimentary-related tropes and their relationship to sexual consumption, writing, global geopolitics and economic dynamics, and migration. As she shows, the use of cannibalism in particular as a central motif opens up privileged modes for mediating historical and sociopolitical issues. Ambitiously comparative, Cannibal Writes ranges across the works of well-known and lesser known writers to tie together two geographic and cultural spaces that have much in common but are seldom studied in parallel"--
- "Within the field of postcolonial studies, colonial and imperial domination have frequently been connected to metaphors of eating and consumption. At the extreme, cannibalism works as a colonialist trope, and becomes an overarching framework for addressing issues of self, difference, and otherness. In Cannibal Writes, Njeri Githire concentrates on the gendered and sexualized dimensions of these metaphors of consumption, specifically in works by Caribbean and Indian Ocean women writers in Haiti, Jamaica, and Guadeloupe. Through wide ranging theoretical exploration and insightful readings of texts in both English and French, this project focuses on the visceral appeal of alimentary metaphors and their relationship to sexual consumption, writing, political economy, and migration. Githire also explores some of the ways in which cannibalism has surfaced in some contemporary migration debates. The project is ambitiously comparative, including a wide range of well known and lesser known writers in both Caribbean and Indian Ocean contexts--geographic and cultural spaces that have much in common but which are rarely brought together in the same study"--
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- Githire, Njeri,
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Caribbean literature
- Cannibalism in literature
- Women and literature
- Assimilation (Sociology) in literature
- Consumption (Economics) in literature
- Postcolonialism in literature
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- Indian Ocean Region
- Label
- Cannibal writes : eating others in Caribbean and Indian Ocean women's writings, Njeri Githire
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- txt
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- Contents
- Cannibal Love: Ideologies of Power, Gender, and the Erotics of Eating -- Immigration, Assimilation, and Conflict: A Dialectics of Cannibalism and Anthropemy -- Dis(h)coursing Hunger: In the Throes of Voracious Capitalist Excesses -- Edible Ecriture: Feuding Words, Fighting Foods
- Control code
- 877367843
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 242 pages
- Isbn
- 9780252038785
- Lccn
- 2014015681
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 40024316120
- System control number
- (OCoLC)877367843
- Label
- Cannibal writes : eating others in Caribbean and Indian Ocean women's writings, Njeri Githire
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cannibal Love: Ideologies of Power, Gender, and the Erotics of Eating -- Immigration, Assimilation, and Conflict: A Dialectics of Cannibalism and Anthropemy -- Dis(h)coursing Hunger: In the Throes of Voracious Capitalist Excesses -- Edible Ecriture: Feuding Words, Fighting Foods
- Control code
- 877367843
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 242 pages
- Isbn
- 9780252038785
- Lccn
- 2014015681
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40024316120
- System control number
- (OCoLC)877367843
Subject
- Caribbean literature -- Women authors | History and criticism
- Caribbean literature -- Women authors | History and criticism
- Consumption (Economics) in literature
- Consumption (Economics) in literature
- Indian Ocean Region -- In literature
- Indian Ocean Region -- In literature
- Assimilation (Sociology) in literature
- Postcolonialism in literature
- Postcolonialism in literature
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies
- Women and literature -- Caribbean Area
- Women and literature -- Caribbean Area
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- Caribbean & Latin American
- Assimilation (Sociology) in literature
- Cannibalism in literature
- Cannibalism in literature
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